oh, Ebbie..."The west coast pronounces it correctly. *G*"

*I* and several careful friends are on the East Coast! *G*....dolts are everywhere!

I knew kids in Kansas who would say "I saw the farmer plowing his 'filled'". made me shudder. I suspect some of the problem is how little some kids READ anymore. If you never see the words in print, it is hard to know what they are.