peter@graffiti.UUCP (Peter da Silva) (11/02/85)
> Then there's our old friend been > Which looks like seen but said like win. Only if you don't know how to pronounce it. I don't know about the American language, but in English "bean" and "been" are pronounced identically. As can be seen from the following verse fragment: "Pussycat pussycat where have you been?" " ..to London to visit the Queen." Or is that pronounced "Quinn"? -- Name: Peter da Silva Graphic: `-_-' UUCP: ...!shell!{graffiti,baylor}!peter IAEF: ...!kitty!baylor!peter
stu16@whuxl.UUCP (SMITH) (11/05/85)
> > Then there's our old friend been > > Which looks like seen but said like win. > > Only if you don't know how to pronounce it. I don't know about the American > language, but in English "bean" and "been" are pronounced identically. As > can be seen from the following verse fragment: > > "Pussycat pussycat where have you been?" > " ..to London to visit the Queen." > > Or is that pronounced "Quinn"? > -- > Name: Peter da Silva > Graphic: `-_-' > UUCP: ...!shell!{graffiti,baylor}!peter > IAEF: ...!kitty!baylor!peter *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE *** Only in England! Here in the states it's pronounced bin - americanese. You could have said the same about again - to rhyme with rain in the UK, but not here. ONLY IN AMERICA (apologies to H. Golden) -- whuxl!stu16 (mamawitch)
stu16@whuxl.UUCP (SMITH) (11/05/85)
> > Then there's our old friend been > > Which looks like seen but said like win. > > Only if you don't know how to pronounce it. I don't know about the American > language, but in English "bean" and "been" are pronounced identically. As > can be seen from the following verse fragment: > > "Pussycat pussycat where have you been?" > " ..to London to visit the Queen." > > Or is that pronounced "Quinn"? > -- > Name: Peter da Silva > Graphic: `-_-' > UUCP: ...!shell!{graffiti,baylor}!peter > IAEF: ...!kitty!baylor!peter *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE *** P.S. According to the Random House Dictionary of the English Language, been is pronounced bin. Look it up. -- whuxl!stu16 (mamawitch)