Spirited Exchange Over Net Neutrality

LukeCage sends us to The Register for a rabble-rousing account of a US Commerce Department official's talk at Supernova 2007. The article is headlined Bush official goes nuclear in New Neut row, and points out that the speaker, John Kneuer, is a former telecom lobbyist. To figure out what really went on in that session — whether it was a shouting match as El Reg reports — be sure to read Suw Charman's notes from the floor and Kevin Werbach's note (Werbach is the conference organizer).

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Re:Bush's Pronounciation is In The Dictionary

[Slashdot Parent]

I said dictionaries on my shelf. dictionary.reference.com is not on my shelf. They still make actual books, you know.

And nowhere can I find that metathesis gives us a valid pronunciation, only that it happens. What is the difference? It's just a word. How can a pronunciation be valid or invalid, if not through usage? Please don't tell me you say, "i-ron".

For fun, I used your dictionary.reference.com to look up both nuclear and tomato. The pronunciation guides list noo-klee-er/noo-kyuh-ler the same way as tuh-mey-toh/tuh-mah-toh.

Looks to me like you say noo-klee-er, I say noo-kyuh-ler is on equal footing with you say tuh-mey-toh, I say tuh-mah-toh.

Cheers!