denbeste@BBN.COM (Steven Den Beste) (10/27/89)
From: Steven Den Beste <denbeste@BBN.COM> Is "submariner" pronounced "sub-MARE-inn-err" or "sub-muh-REEN-err"? Or some other way? Steven C. Den Beste || denbeste@bbn.com (ARPA/CSNET) BBN Communications Corp. || {apple, usc, husc6, csd4.milw.wisc.edu, 150 Cambridge Park Dr. || gatech, oliveb, mit-eddie, Cambridge, MA 02140 || ulowell}!bbn.com!denbeste (USENET)
tarquin@zen.co.uk (Ian Mitchell ) (11/01/89)
From: tarquin@zen.co.uk (Ian Mitchell ) In article <10674@cbnews.ATT.COM> denbeste@BBN.COM (Steven Den Beste) writes: > > >From: Steven Den Beste <denbeste@BBN.COM> > >Is "submariner" pronounced "sub-MARE-inn-err" or "sub-muh-REEN-err"? Or some >other way? > > Here in the UK I would pronounce it as `sub'-`mariner' pronouncing the mariner as in sailor. Tarqs [the pronounced] Standard disclaimer: "Huh? No sir, that's not my flag..."