/ nu 'man Ik /
Jonathan Lighter
wuxxmupp2000 at YAHOO.COM
Fri Dec 28 16:07:49 UTC 2007
One of the nationally-famed Fox News anchors unmistakably pronounces "mnemonic" (That's 'FNC,' in case you need a mnemonic.') as / nu'man Ik /. That makes it a homophone of "pneumonic," which usually designates a type of plague infection.
Probably not a big deal. Ignore this message.
JL
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