"in phonetics"

[Laurence Horn]

At 4:01 PM -0400 7/13/09, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>Then why don't the brilliant NATO planners USE "Gulf" *instead* of "Golf"?
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>These guys stand between us and nuclear destruction, for God's sake!
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>JL

They have to maintain the distinction at least orthographically lest
future generations wonder why we fought Saddam in the Golf War(s).

LH

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>On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 10:35 AM, Scot LaFaive <slafaive at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>  > "Golf," e.g. is theoretically supposed to be pronounced like "gulf."
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>>  I believe that's the way it is for me.
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>>  Scot
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>>  On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 9:29 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com
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>>  > Wackipedia has a fascinating discussion at
>>  > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_phonetic_alphabet#Pronunciation
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>>  > Scroll down esp. to "Pronunciation."  "Golf," e.g. is theoretically
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>>  > to be pronounced like "gulf."
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