Show TAKE TAIE MY WORD FOR IT By Frank Colby SATURDAY QUIZ Mt Vernon A certain minister always pronounces with three distinct syllables thus WED WED Is it correct J. J JJ J. J G. G Answer Not in American usage The pronunciation WED WED VED di Is sometimes heard in northern British usage The correct American Ameri Ameri- can pronunciation is e c cither j i t the h e r WEN WENZ-di WENZ L-di L or Z VE Corpus Christi How does the seamans seaman's get its name name name- 7 G. G F F. H. H Answer The usual term is pea jacket According to Etymological Etymological Etymological Ety Ety- Dictionary the pea is isa isa isa a corruption of ot the Dutch word or a CIa coat of ot a coarse woolen stuff worn by seamen This origin is given also by the Dictionary of American erica English un university of or Chicago Press Carrollville Our English class would like to have the correct pronunciation of the word nant We Ve have been pronouncing it nant with the hard gA gAK gA g A. A. A K Answer Sorry no The correct pronunciation is either POIN- POIN nt or POI Milwaukee I say that demitasse demitasse demitasse demi tasse cups is redundant My friends say I am wrong What do you say Mrs W. W P. P R. R Answer Demitasse from the French tasse demi-tasse means literally half cup for tasse is the French word for cup In American usage demitasse means a small cup for serving black coffee after dinner the coffee contained contain d in such a cup Also in American usage the small cups are pluralized thus demitasses and the American pronunciation is TASS DEMee ez er This is not the French pronunciation pronunciation pro pro- The French say duh- duh mee mec for both singular and plural |