On Wed, 07 Jan 2004 18:37:25 GMT, russj41@concentric.net (MacHamish)
wrote:
>>>> >> >>And scones.  Don't forget the scones.
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> >Would you provide a pronounciation guide for the foreign johnnies,
>>>> >> >Jeff? There's a good chap.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> What, and provide them with one of the ultimate clues to Britishness?
>>>> >> I should jolly well think not.  Foreign johnnies must learn their
>>>> >> place.
>>>
>>>On the one hand you *won't* provide a 'pronounciation' guide, but...
>>>
>>>> >She was a professional flutist and decent pianist and was playing
>>>> >accompanying music at some auditions for a West End musical.
>>>
>>>> Flautist.
>>>
>>>you jump right in with a spelling guide! Bad form old chap!
>>>
>>Not at all.  One, the spelling, is the tradesman-like nuts and bolts,
>>whilst the other, the pronunciation, is the style, character and
>>essence - quite a different k of f.
>
>See here, old bean, you're flouting the rules of punctuation.   You need to
>delete the comma after "spelling" and relocate it to follow "character".
>Run along now.  There's a good chap.
>
One is not, as a rule, incorrect.  That position is maintained in this
instance. 

JJD