Well . . . my original post said "almost homophonic", but a quick trip to m-w.com gave "accept" \ik-ˈsept, ak- also ek-\ "except" \ik-ˈsept\
So, since Webster gave the same primary pronunciation for both, I thought that I was maybe splitting hairs and removed the word "almost". Suffice to say, probably because of the (almost) homophonic nature of the two words and the potential for confusion, we rarely see "except" used as a simple verb. We are more likely to see the verbal phrase "make an exception of". Anyway, my final sentence stands: Sadly, I sense that you (the poster) may have meant "accept". Why sadly? Because, while not the popular position, I'm with Chris Mason on this. . . . On Monday, 26 March 2012 16:47:11 UTC-4, Bill Fairchild wrote: > 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. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
