On 23 July 2010 23:07, Bob Woodside <ibm...@woodsway.com> wrote: the UK pronunciation. > I used to hear see-eye-see-ess in Houston ages ago. But > as others have pointed out, the phenomenon seems to defy > regionalization within the US.
There's also the not-yet-mentioned "see-ah-see-ess"... The monophthongal "eye" prevalent in the US South. (Where "South" is a concept more than a geography, of course, e.g. most of Florida not being in "the South".) Tony H. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
