Subj : Re: How British is that?
To   : Angus Mcleod
From : Finnigann
Date : Fri Jun 24 2005 12:40 am

-=> Angus Mcleod wrote to Finnigann <=-

 AM>   Re: How British is that?
 AM>   By: Finnigann to All on Thu Jun 23 2005 14:53:00

 > Listening to a news/commentary show (Discovery) I heard the following names
 > pronounced:
 >
 > Helium - Hell-ium
 > Ballast - Ba-LAST
 >
 > I thought you only misspelled words and not muck up the pronounceation. But
 > was wrong, it seems.
 >
 > The announcer was a young female so she can be forgiven I suppose.

 AM> Who is "you" in that penultimate sentence/paragraph?

YOU - british accented folks, that's who _YOU_ is.

Yanks get a bad rap for all sorts of things (not denying any guilt, you
understand) but somethings are right and some are NOT. She was the later.
.... "Don't be so humble - you are not that great." - Golda Meir
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