At 08:25 AM 3/18/99 -0800, Burton Guttman wrote:
>
>When Judy and Mike Smith asked,
>> >I would like to know the pronunciation of Scoter as in White-winged or
Surf
>> >Scoter. Is the "o" in Scoter a long or short o?
>Don Baccus replied,
>> It is ooohhh so long, scooter :)
>
>But it ain't! "Scoter" rhymes with "voter," with a long "o," not an
>"ooh" sound.

I meant it as in "ooohhh, SHIT!". Pronounced with a long
"o".

When you read "It is ooohhh so long" out loud, don't
you pronounce it as in "ooohhh, SHIT!" ?????



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