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Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/RX5Rl3lXpNc/story01.htm
English mispronunciations that became commonusage
Here's a great history of English mispronunciations that became the received pronunciations. The piece makes the important point that English has no canon, no unequivocal right way or wrong way of speaking -- a point that is often lost in Internet linguistic pedantry and literacy privilege.     |
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