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Thread #32818   Message #433798
Posted By: Steve Parkes
05-Apr-01 - 12:14 PM
Thread Name: BS: Pronunciation of 'cambric'
Subject: Pronunciation of 'cambric'
... yes, as in "Tell her/him to make me a cambric shirt". It has come to my attention that just about everybody who came after Simon & Garfunkel pronounces the word with a short "a", as in "bag". Well, you're wrong! It's properly pronounced with a long "a" -- as in "Cambridge", just in case anyone wants to tell me the rule for a vowel followed by two consonants.

I invite comments from the floor.

Steve

P.S. You could always check your dictionary -- or would that spoil the fun?