[Ads-l] pottable
Barretts Mail
mail.barretts at GMAIL.COM
Sat Aug 15 20:49:41 UTC 2020
I can recall being corrected on this as a kid and correcting someone else as an adult. Regardless of whether there are two t’s, the oh sound seems more likely from the spelling in my dialect. BB
> On 15 Aug 2020, at 06:17, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
> That's how at least one high-paid, well educated CNN anchor says "potable."
>
> Maybe because you can cook with it?
>
>
> JL
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