Close listening for "ex" and "tion"

[Tom Zurinskas]

Listening to the TV for words starting with "ex" I find they are mostly
short e not short i  (ex not ix).  This should be recognized by m-w.com,
which is a great resource.

I find also that m-w.com pronunciation of "tion" endings as spoken (hit the
speaker icon) is ~shin instead of ~shun, and this agress with, close
listening to TV.

Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL5+
See truespel.com - and the 4  truespel books plus "Occasional Poems" at
authorhouse.com.





>From: Charles Doyle <cdoyle at UGA.EDU>
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>Subject: Re: Oftenly
>Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 10:29:47 -0400
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>My favorite perverse parentism is "Do you want a spanking?"
>
>Somewhere in the world there's a masochistic child who doesn't understand
>the nature of rhetorical questions . . . .
>
>--Charlie
>____________________________________________________________
>
>---- Original message ----
> >Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 05:32:58 -0700
> >From: Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at YAHOO.COM>
> >
> >A few years ago there was an evangelistic billboard campaign around these
>parts that had one memorable board that, IMHO, transcends creed. In white
>print on a solid black back:
> >
> >  "Don't Make Me Come Down There!" --God.
> >
> >  JL
> >
> >Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> >
>In ordinary, colloquial speech, I am accustomed to hearing only "I've told
>you _time and time again_." It's one of those "mother-talk" speech-forms
>such as, "your head is hard as a rock," "talking to you is like talking to
>a wall," "if I've told you once, I've told you a thousand times," "don't
>make me have to come get you," "I thought I told you to clean up this
>mess," "I'm going to beat you till I can't see you," "can't we have
>anything nice around here?"
> >etc., etc., etc.
> >
> >Not being a parent, I've never had occasion to use these myself, but
> >I've heard these and more all too many times.
> >
> >-Wilson
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