Probably too late, now

[Mark Mandel]

The "c", surely? The circumpolar regions aren't right without their seas.
(gd&ra)

m a m

On 9/29/07, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> I grew up saying "Artic/antartic."  Then one day in grade school (musta
> been 1956 or '57) a teacher told us emphatically that only losers failed to
> pronounce the "t." (I'm paraphrasing).
>
>   So I switched. Had I known Wilson was doing the opposite, however, I'd
> have stuck to my ways.
>
>   JL
>

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