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From: dave@cylixd.UUCP (Dave Kirby)
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: Re: "Apartheid" pronunciation
Message-ID: <693@cylixd.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 15-Jan-86 17:05:43 EST
Article-I.D.: cylixd.693
Posted: Wed Jan 15 17:05:43 1986
Date-Received: Fri, 17-Jan-86 06:02:05 EST
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In article <1299@brl-tgr.ARPA> wmartin@brl-tgr.ARPA (Will Martin ) writes:
>...about universal that "apartheid" was pronounced "apart-hite";
>interestingly, now it is just about universal that it is pronounced
>"apart-hate". 
>Actually, it seems rather obvious to me -- to associate the english word
>"hate" with this policy is to attach all the negative connotations
>subliminally. 

Here in the South, I have actually heard the abomination "apart-heed."
Of course, some abominable people here in the South may wish to suggest
by this pronunciation that we should "heed" the doctrine.

Personally, I would rather "hide" from it. 

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