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re: I'm not ready to dump on Lerner for that one.
Posted by: portenopete 05:00 pm EDT 05/16/18
In reply to: re: I'm not ready to dump on Lerner for that one. - sf 03:49 pm EDT 05/16/18

Cool your jets and unlock your caps. PLAIN and PLUM are completely different vowel sounds. ZOO and 'ZINE are completely different vowel sounds. RAWTHER and BOTHER are slightly different vowel sounds. Which is why 99.9% of people have never noticed Lerner's fudge and why MY FAIR LADY continues to be produced 62 years after its composition. Now you can get back to reassembling his ashes in Hartsdale so you can tar and feather them.
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re: I'm not ready to dump on Lerner for that one.
Posted by: sf 05:13 pm EDT 05/16/18
In reply to: re: I'm not ready to dump on Lerner for that one. - portenopete 05:00 pm EDT 05/16/18

"Rather" isn't pronounced "rawther" in any variety of British English. (A hint: when you're trying to assert your superior knowledge, it's usually a good idea to avoid inadvertently demonstrating the opposite.) It's aaa as in aardvark, not raw like sushi. (Hey! A Neneh Cherry reference!)
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