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Jonathan Lighter wuxxmupp2000 at YAHOO.COM
Wed Dec 3 17:02:43 UTC 2008

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That's how the word wizards of TV news have been pronouncing "tranche" the last couple of days.  (Rhymes with "punch.") Till I heard the normal pronunciation from Stuart Varney (Englishman) (and looked it up), I had no idea WTH they were talking about.
 
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