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"Johannes 'Joey' R�ssel" <JohanneS.ROESSEL@WeB.DE> skrev i meddelandet
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> >  ####    ####           (((   `\  Actually, Joey, in English,
> > ##  ##  ##  ##          _ _`\   )  / "=a= urinal" is correct.
> > ######  ######          (^  )   )    This is one of the many
> > ##  ##  ##  ##           ~-((,,,))   'exceptions to the rules'
> > ##  ##  ##  ##            /          that plague the English
> >                                      language.
>
> Oh, sorry then. I did't know that. We don't learn much exceptions in
English
> lessons.
>
> Joey

That rule has no exceptions that I know of. It just goes by pronunciation
instead of spelling. Since "urinal" is pronounced "yurinal", it's as much "a
urinal" as it is "a yak" or "a youngster" et cetera.

-jg