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JJD wrote:

> 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. 

One is not, as a rule, very good at this punctuation thingie, either, 
but in this case, I'll give you top marks.

TTFN
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