/muslim/

[Jonathan Lighter]

We're all familiar with the switch from "Mohammadan" to "Moslem" to
"Muslim."

In the latest nuance, the journalist on _All Things Considered_ this
evening clearly pronounced "Muslim," in a thoroughly American-English
environment,  as /'muslim/.

JL

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