Darcy wrote, in part:

> Hmmm... I'm not sure what you mean by "an ordinary way" -- for me, at
> least, the ordinary way of pronouncing "opening" *is* "ope-ning."

Can't go with you on that one.  The only place I ever hear it as two
syllables is in "Kiss Me Kate," and it grates on me every time.

But I shouldn't cast aspersions; It's always "ev-'ning," and the
three-syllable version of that one sounds odd to me.

-C

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