[Ads-l] Retrofit [re-TROFF-it] -> 'biopic'

[Jonathan Lighter]

Actor Parker Sawyers pronounced it "bi 'opic"  on CNN this morning, which
is exactly how I used to until I snobbed up.

JL

On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 11:28 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 5:16 AM, GUY LETOURNEAU Owner <
> guy1656 at centurylink.net> wrote:
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> > CNN News reader Isa Soares reports that the Large Hadron Collider's
> > two-year [re-TROFF-it] is complete.
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> Of course, if the hyphen had not been rendered extinct, "retro-fit" would
> have saved the day.
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