You have the core-wrecked pronunciation.

Bill Fairchild

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I don't know if I'm correct, but "accept" I pronounce like "ack sept". And 
"except" is "ecks sept". But I will accept an exception.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List
> [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Bill Fairchild
> Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 3:43 PM
> To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu
> Subject: Re: A z/OS Redbook Corrected - just about!
> 
> When pronounced distinctly (forcing oneself to speak more slowly than 
> normally) and correctly, the two words are not homophonic.
> 
> Bill Fairchild
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List
> [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of J R
> Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 3:10 PM
> To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu
> Subject: Re: A z/OS Redbook Corrected - just about!
> 
> It's not immediately clear to me what your intent was here.  
> "Accept" " and "except" are homophonic opposites.  
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