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StellaBlue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-09-06 08:56 PM
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When did we start pronouncing it "Nee-ZJER'?
Rather than

"NYE-jer"?!
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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-09-06 09:01 PM
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1. I started when everyone started doing that. Basically it's a french thing
As an ex French colony with multiple indigenous languages, they've kept French on as a lingua franca (and no, that's not ironic). But there's also a subliminal "Uranus factor" here. Sometimes adults pronouce words a certain to avoid saying it the way that used to make them giggle as kids.
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swag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-09-06 09:02 PM
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2. Had something to do with some Tom Friedman bloviations on the News Hour,
I suppose. Maybe the lesson is to be happy with what comes out of your mouth. But probably there is no lesson.

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=niger
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