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[Wilson Gray]

signals [sIgIn at lz]."

I haven't heard this trisyllabic pronunciation of this word since WWII. I
had no idea that it was still in use and I'm *astounded* to hear it spoken
by an adult, especially by one with, presumably, at least a trivial amount
of training in elocution.

Youneverknow.
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-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint to
come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
-Mark Twain

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