Show TAKE MY WORD FOR IT By Frank Colby Grand Island Neb I have heard that the word lukewarm originated thus Luke was not nota a consistent follower of Jesus Christ So lukewarm really means means warm part of the time cool part of the time Mrs F. F C C. B. B Answer Sorry no rio The lukewarm lukewarm lukewarm luke luke- warm is from the Middle English English English Eng Eng- lish Ie leuk uk or lewk meaning tepid This is the etymology given iven by Etymological Dictionary the New Century the American College Dictionary Dictionary Diction Diction- ary and others Los Angeles Cant Can't you makeN make N NBC B C announcer Ford Bond stop saying for secretary secretary sec see Is he going British on onus onus onus us I r really suffer G. G G. G T. T Answer Ford Bond stop saying If you'll consult any American dictionary dictionary dictionary tion dic-tion- y ar-y you'll find its it's tar sec St. St Paul Cant Can't you make people quit saying MAKiNAK MAKiNAK i MAK NAK for lor Mackinac Island Answer People stop saying MAI NAK MAK NAK i The only aut autho authorized au au- au- au t tho h o r i z zed e d pronunciation Is MAK i In fact the word mackinaw coat is a variant spelling spelling- of the name Mackinac Macki Macki- nac nae The pronunciation MAK- MAK naw i-naw is probably due to the influence of speaking French-speaking Canadians for final c in some French words is not pronounced Examples tabac ta-ba ta pore Salt Lake City I have appealed appealed appealed ap ap- ap- ap pealed to o teachers librarians and many other persons but no noone noone noone one can tell me why the word one is pronounced wun Do you know So S. S. S P. P H. H Answer The word was once spelled won von in Middle English and the w sound remained after the spelling changed to toon toon toon on When the spelling again changed to one the word was for lor a while pronounced oan to rhyme with moan loan |