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"Jeßus" > wrote in message
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> On Fri, 5 Jun 2015 15:21:44 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
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>>> Pronounced : Ter_mur_ick..
>>>
>>> Not: Toom_er_ick
>>>
>>> Lots of mispronunciation out there, I wonder why this one gets flubbed
>>> so
>>> much.

>>
>>I have been complaining of that lately. It was bothering me so much that
>>I
>>mentioned it to someone who was complaining of something similar. She
>>then
>>asked me how it should be pronounced because her whole family said it that
>>way. Who started that? And why?

>
> How do you think language has evolved over time?


Not like that!