IsLAHM

[Jonathan Lighter]

Coming soon if not already here: "Ees-LAHM."

JL

On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 3:00 PM, Victor Steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com>wrote:

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> There is also some question concerning the Taliban. Aside from the i/e
> spelling question, you can hear stress on either first or last syllable
> or both, with both [æ] and [ah] versions.
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>     VS-)
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> On 11/1/2010 8:58 AM, Laurence Horn wrote:
> > At 2:13 PM +0000 11/1/10, Charles C Doyle wrote:
> >> I'll bet Juan Williams says IZlum.
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> >> --Charlie
> > I'm surprised FOX News and friends haven't settled on "eye-slam" as
> > the official patriotic American pronunciation, as in "eye-rack" and
> > "eye-ran" (and the earlier "eye-talian").
> >
> > LH
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> >> Jonathan Lighter [wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM]
> >> Sent: Monday, November 01, 2010 7:21 AM
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> >> The trendy pronunciation, esp. on NPR.
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> >> Shows you're not a bigot.
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> >> JL
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