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    12-Mar-94 15:26:08
Sb: #39704-Royalty…
Fm: Charles Blaquiere 76046,1756
To: Robert King 100330,76
On surveys: I remember rolling on the floor a few years ago while watching an episode of The Two Ronnies, an 80's British TV show. During their regular fake newscast skit, they reported on a survey asking people how they pronounced the word "either". (From this point, I'll spell it phonetically) 27% said "eether"; 45% said "ayther" 12% said "neether eether nor Ayther"; 8% said "ayther eether nor nayther ayther nor eether"; 1 person said "ether"; and so on. Made no ligical sense, but when spat out at a rapid clip, it was a witty bit of comedy. (No replies, please — I don't want to start a thread on BritComs) Blaq!