[Ti] weird word pronunciation (seriously OT)

[Paul Russell]

>Sun, Apr 27, 2003 10:15 PM galahad9 at earthlink.net b said:
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>>And if it's aluminum, it's probably American beer
>
>I think we in the US are the only ones in the world who spell and say it
>w/o that second "i."
>

At least Americans spell and say "aluminum" consistently.

What drives me crazy is the consistent mispronunciation of "realtor" 
("real-a-tor") and "caramel" ("car-mel"). What's up with that, as 
they say ?

Paul

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