O.K., It's time to reply on behalf of English teachers. Pronounciation varies
depending on where one lives, one's social status, one's upbringing. In
Charleston S.C. "fish" is pronounced "fush", and shrimp is "schrump" Crabs are
"craps" and "Hello" is "Hey y'all".
    My dictionary would include:
        A-foes=the flying division of the army.
        Faints= what Tom Sawyer painted.
        (and my favorite) Dengo beano==(as in) Dengo beano tess today is they,
Mr. Wioh?
            Your humble Q-man

Leslie Allen Crnkovic wrote:

> How about:
>     zee no 4 uh
>          or
>     zeehn ahf fer ah
> ______________________________
> po tay toe
> po tat toe
>
> or as it is said in the south
> Tater!
>
> > Carol;
> >
> > You can go crazy with people telling you which is the proper way to
> > pronounce the name. To me there are two ways zen 4 a or zen aff ra. You
> > will get different pronunciation just from a southerner and northerner.
> > I think Abbott said once "You say it wrong your way and I will say it
> > wrong my way."
> > Don't take it to heart, as long as they know what you are talking about.
> >
> > Harry
> >
> >   ----- Original Message -----
> >   From: Carol B. Simpson
> >   To: [log in to unmask]
> >   Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 7:20 AM
> >   Subject: Pronunciation book?
> >
> >
> >   Years ago, I had a cassette tape and a small book by Tucker Abbott
> > describing
> >   the pronunciation of certain shell names.  I can't find it now, but I
> > would
> >   like to know if anyone can tell me how you pronounce "zenophora"?  We
> > had a
> >   rather heated "discussion" of this name and would like to know if
> > there is a
> >   CORRECT or INCORRECT way to pronounce this.  Also does anyone know if
> > this
> >   cassette/book are still available?
> >
> >   Thanks,
> >
> >   Carol
> >