[Ads-l] rind

[Jonathan Lighter]

She frequently refers to her Italian, not German, heritage.

Anyway, the German pronunciation is more like "rint."

So, yeah, amazing.

JL

On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 11:04 AM, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at gmail.com> wrote:

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> The German pronunciation, in a German part of the country -- not so
> amazing?
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> On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 8:29 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
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> > Lynne Rosetto Kasper, host of NPR's cooking program 'The Splendid Table,"
> > pronounces "rind" (which she felt she had to define for listeners as "the
> > skin of the orange")  to rhyme with "tinned."
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> > Amazing.
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