Hi everyone, I really do know how to spell pronounce, look how I spelled it below? W- H -I- S- T- A. Maureen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maureen" <abc@empire.net> To: <WHITNEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2001 8:35 AM Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Re: WHITNEY-D Digest V01 #14 > No Doris, it is prounced like the card game: > Whist. Now add an "a" WHISTA. > People usually go on to study the English language to get the correct > prounciation of different words. > My father always corrected me. He said we "had" to speak the Queen's > English. > Maureen, > with the Boston accent. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <dmcglone@juno.com> > To: <WHITNEY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2001 3:56 AM > Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Re: WHITNEY-D Digest V01 #14 > > > > I think you Wus-ta people had a real hard time with spelling in school. > > ;-) > > > > Doris > > dmcglone@juno.com > > > > > >