Around 05:57pm on Tuesday, April 14, 2009 (UK time), Rick scrawled: > Nope. The Brits I worked with didn't pronounce "primer" that way. > They used a short 'i' sound. The way you are describing uses a long > 'i' sound, the same way we pronounce "primer" here in the states. I > stand corrected.
Maybe they were winding you up. I am a Brit (English) and have only ever heard primer pronounced with a long 'i'. There is a word 'primmer' with a short 'i', but it means something different - more prim, e.g. more straight-laced. Steve -- (o< www.stevesearle.com //\ Powered by Fedora V_/_ No MS products were used in the creation of this message 17:58:27 up 8 days, 5:20, 1 user, load average: 0.43, 0.15, 0.05
