Guess I've been pronoucing it wrong all those years I worked CNA Insurance Underwriters_office population at that time, 1200 people :o) I don't remember a single soul pronouncing it ve-icle_not even the management, agents or underwriters :o) LOL! But, then again, one of our higher ups pronounced it "Wehicle", and at my CARE Award reception, asked for a different mic, because the one he was using had an accent :o) Oh well, I guess hicks abound in my hometown, of Reading :o) Strange, huh. I wonder how the majority say it now? As for the word "Historical"_all of a sudden, after living for 53 years, I'm hearing people starting to pronounce it, even news reporters, as "istorical" and we were always taught NOT to use an before a consonent, therefore we always said "a Historical" whatever. Now it's "an istorical" whatever, and I find that "ysterical" :o) Actually I find it rather hysterical hearing people all of a sudden change the way they prononce this word. Why just yesterday they were saying, Historical, and today they say istorical, and this is all just lately. Wonder when this all changed, because it was definitely not that way in Reading 17 years ago, when I lived there. And, when I go back for visits, I have never once heard anyone say "ve-icle" or "istorical". Now, maybe if I went to the "istorical Society of Berks County" I would hear it there? Don't really know_anyone know? Karen? or anyone who has been there lately? :o) Lynn PS I'm all for going back to "English speaking" as the English do, in England, don't get me wrong.

I believe that is why I can't stop watching movies like Pride n Prejudice, Emma, Sense and Sensibility, and all the others. I find the music comforting, and the way they speak actually very charming!!! And, they use words that have long stopped being used in regular speaking here in the states...statements like "I'm mortified". In fact, I have Mansfield Park on right at the moment, because I wanted to hear what the one aunt brought home from a get-together they had. She said it was "a cream cheese". :o) Lynn I wrote: PS I'm all for going back to "English speaking" as the English do, in England, don't get me wrong.

I know how you feel, Lynn. And now you know how I feel about "aren't I". It is sad, but true, that usage determines pronunciation and spelling. I guess you might call it grammatical correctness which, like the political kind, is irksome. I still say ve-HIC-el; and even, sometimes, we-HIC-el. I think "an 'istorical" grew out of ease of pronunciation (I wonder if anyone says pronounciation). "An 'istorical" requires one less aspiration than "a historical"; and is, therefore, easier to say. And, I suppose, one could call attention to an 'ysterical person. }:-) And now we come to the matter of spelling. Even though we say "an 'istorical event"; would we write it that way; or would we write "an historical event, or a historical event? Eh? Richard Emlin Reed Wesley Chapel, FL ps Yes, by all means, let's go back to "English speaking". Lynn, we would never "get you wrong"! Would the English say that? }:-) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynn Vondran" <lynnvondran@att.net> To: <padutch-life@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 3:28 PM Subject: [PD-LIFE] You say Potato, I say Potahto :o) > Guess I've been pronoucing it wrong all those years I worked CNA Insurance > Underwriters_office population at that time, 1200 people :o) I don't > remember a single soul pronouncing it ve-icle_not even the management, > agents or underwriters :o) LOL! But, then again, one of our higher ups > pronounced it "Wehicle", and at my CARE Award reception, asked for a > different mic, because the one he was using had an accent :o) > Oh well, I guess hicks abound in my hometown, of Reading :o) Strange, > huh. I wonder how the majority say it now? > As for the word "Historical"_all of a sudden, after living for 53 years, > I'm hearing people starting to pronounce it, even news reporters, as > "istorical" and we were always taught NOT to use an before a consonent, > therefore we always said "a Historical" whatever. Now it's "an istorical" > whatever, and I find that "ysterical" :o) Actually I find it rather > hysterical hearing people all of a sudden change the way they prononce > this word. Why just yesterday they were saying, Historical, and today > they say istorical, and this is all just lately. > Wonder when this all changed, because it was definitely not that way in > Reading 17 years ago, when I lived there. And, when I go back for visits, > I have never once heard anyone say "ve-icle" or "istorical". Now, maybe > if I went to the "istorical Society of Berks County" I would hear it > there? Don't really know_anyone know? Karen? or anyone who has been > there lately? > :o) > Lynn > PS I'm all for going back to "English speaking" as the English do, in > England, don't get me wrong.