ISN'T THIS A GOOD ONE,EH?
The lighter side of linguistics is such fun.
To the nekked aye, that ptosis of the ahlid has an invisible p, too but I
still like the train traveller who resolved to have a drink at each station
along the journey which started with p.
He proudly told his mates that he had a drink at Prichmond, Psouth Yarra,
Prippon Lea, Pelsternwick, Pgardenvale, etc till he phinished up issing away
at the pend of the pline, none too psilently.
Cheers
Pbob
-----Original Message-----
From: Adrian O Vladutiu [mailto:vladutiu@acsu.Buffalo.EDU]
Sent: Friday, 19 February 1999 8:16
To: Cytometry Mailing List
Subject: Re: Apoptosis
The second p in apoptosis is silent (ptosis of the eyelid, etc has the
second p silent). Some want to be different and pronounce the t in often,
pronounce centimeters as "santimeters" and even invent new words
("santigrades" instead of degrees Celsius). Some general reviews on
apoptosis actually explain that the p is silent (references on request).
AOV
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