[Ads-l] BC, n.

[Tom Zurinskas]

How to pronounce "Palmyra"?   (truespel notation)
m-w =  ~Palmmieru
thefreedictionary =  US =  ~PaulmmieruUK =  ~Paalmmieru
Youtube =~Pelmmeeru  https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=palmyra+city~Palmmeeru  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27rHBibF8-Q

Tom Zurinskas,  Originally SWConn 20 yrs,  college Tenn 3,  work NJ  33,  now FL 12.The need for truespel phonetics - http://justpaste.it/truespelnow 


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> CNN (slightly paraphrased):
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> "The city of Palmyra contains antiquities extending back to the first and
> second centuries, and even BC."
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> JL
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