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From: cgw@pgt.com (Charles G Waldman)
Subject: Re: Pronouncing "five sixths"
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Date: Wed, 21 Feb 1996 20:38:17 GMT
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In article <Dn2Ju6.8rz@udcf.gla.ac.uk>,
	Scrip Criagips <9340951c@student.gla.ac.uk> writes:
>stevemac@indirect.com (Stephen T MacGregor) wrote:
>
>>  Slowing down doesn't help some people; there are sound combinations 
>>that they simply cannot make.  I had a sergeant in the Army who simply 
>>could not say "breakfasts" -- it came out something like "breakfusses".
>>  Others have trouble with foreign names, like Pfeiffer and Knutson.
>>
>SC: I myself am unable to say the word "birthday" - whenever I try 
>SC:there's a weird clicking noise that occurs during the "th" bit....
>
>

I've heard a lot of people say "birfday".

