Dang, just when I was getting the hang of this, now I have to find out what a sort 'i' is ;>), I will never short this out. Tom Wells On Jul 13, 2005, at 2:42 PM, Jim McKenney wrote: > Judy, since you don't bruise easily, I'll take another poke, but > this one is > really directed to the person who told you to say tree-color. > > They should have told you to say something like TREH-co-lor: the i in > tricolor is a sort i, not the long i which would have given the "tree" > sound. I trust you also said WEE-o-la and made at least an attempt > at an > apico-dental sound for the r and not one of those back-of-the mouth, > half-swallowed r sounds? > > And of course you reminded them that vi-O-la is a musical > instrument, didn't > you? > > This is a hoot! > > Jim McKenney > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >