/muslim/

[Laurence Horn]

Can /muslin/ (as in "muslin curtains"), rhyming with "goose-lean", be far behind?

LH

On May 14, 2012, at 7:30 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:

> 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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