At 05:15 PM 2/19/99 +0000, thus did you send forth: >(1) The "inventor" of margarine originally intended it to be pronounced >with a soft g - mar-ja-rine but common usage dictated otherwise. Or is >that a UL? > >*************************************************************************** >*Derek Davies Voice: (44) 0171 269 3394 * >*FACS Laboratory, FAX: (44) 0171 269 3100 * >*Imperial Cancer Research Fund, e_mail: derek.davies@icrf.icnet.uk * >*London, UK * >* * >* Web Page: http://www.icnet.uk/axp/facs/davies/index.html * >*************************************************************************** On this side of the Atlantic, margarine *is* pronounced with a soft g - "mar-jar-ine." :) By the way, what is a UL? -Janet ---------------------------------------- Janet E. Lewis UWCCC Flow Cytometry Facility Clinical Sciences Center, K4/535 600 Highland Ave. Madison, WI 53792-0001 (608)263-0313 jelewis1@facstaff.wisc.edu ----------------------------------------
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