>>You mean Paul Fussell's book? Kind of nasty, but really funny in
>>spots. Among the things you learn: in the higher circles, saying
>>"pardon" is worse than saying "fuck,"
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>It is? Why?
Dunno why, but "pardon" is seen as downscale.
>>and the correct pronunciation of "patina."
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>Which is? pa-tee-na?
No. That's the pronunciation that reveals its speaker as a pretentious arriviste. PAT-nah is more like it <http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=patina>.
Doug