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Rowe
August 12th 04, 07:27 PM
The problems you have when you do all your learning from catalogs and
newsgroups...I know what the stuff is but I'm not certain that I'm
saying its name correctly.

Oh, and behalf of all the other lurking newbies who must certainly be
out there, thanks for all the chatty advice.

Kelly

Benign Vanilla
August 12th 04, 07:38 PM
"Rowe" > wrote in message
m...
> The problems you have when you do all your learning from catalogs and
> newsgroups...I know what the stuff is but I'm not certain that I'm
> saying its name correctly.
>
> Oh, and behalf of all the other lurking newbies who must certainly be
> out there, thanks for all the chatty advice.

I have always pronounced it "Fl-oh-ting Ox-in-jenn-er-ra-tor".

And more seriously...

Anna - Kar - iss

Kar is Karn
Iss as in a snake's hiss.

BV.

Rowe
August 12th 04, 07:41 PM
Benign Vanilla wrote:

>"Rowe" > wrote in message
m...
>
>
>>The problems you have when you do all your learning from catalogs and
>>newsgroups...I know what the stuff is but I'm not certain that I'm
>>saying its name correctly.
>>
>>Oh, and behalf of all the other lurking newbies who must certainly be
>>out there, thanks for all the chatty advice.
>>
>>
>
>I have always pronounced it "Fl-oh-ting Ox-in-jenn-er-ra-tor".
>
>And more seriously...
>
>Anna - Kar - iss
>
>Kar is Karn
>Iss as in a snake's hiss.
>
>BV.
>
>
>

Thanks!

Kelly

~ jan JJsPond.us
August 12th 04, 07:50 PM
This was brought up a while back, and we found it is pronounced differently
based on what part of the country you're in.

Here in the PNW the most common pronouncation is:

ann Act er iss ~ jan

>On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 18:27:51 GMT, Rowe > wrote:

>The problems you have when you do all your learning from catalogs and
>newsgroups...I know what the stuff is but I'm not certain that I'm
>saying its name correctly.
>
>Oh, and behalf of all the other lurking newbies who must certainly be
>out there, thanks for all the chatty advice.
>
>Kelly

~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~

Gail Futoran
August 13th 04, 03:39 PM
"~ jan JJsPond.us" > wrote in message
...
> This was brought up a while back, and we found it is
pronounced differently
> based on what part of the country you're in.
>
> Here in the PNW the most common pronouncation is:
>
> ann Act er iss ~ jan

Here in (temporarily cool & dry) Southcentral
TX it's pronounced like it is in the much lovelier
PNW. :) I.e., what Jan said.

Gail

Crashj
August 13th 04, 04:14 PM
"Gail Futoran" > wrote in message
...
<>
> Here in (temporarily cool & dry) Southcentral TX it's pronounced like it
is in the much lovelier
> PNW. :) I.e., what Jan said.

I would have thought you would pronounce it like the job description of Uma
Thurman. You know, "An akriss?"
--
Crashj

~ jan JJsPond.us
August 13th 04, 06:57 PM
>> ann Act er iss ~ jan
>
>Here in (temporarily cool & dry) Southcentral
>TX it's pronounced like it is in the much lovelier
>PNW. :) I.e., what Jan said.
>Gail

I'd go for cool & dry. I'm on the eastside of the PNW, so we're HOT and
dry. Suppose to see triple digits for the next 4-5 days in a row, otherwise
just upper 90s. ;o) Luckily we're rarely humid. ~ jan


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Stephen M. Henning
August 13th 04, 10:25 PM
Anacharis \An*ach"a*ris\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? up + ? grace.]
(Bot.)
A fresh-water weed of the frog's-bit family
({Hydrocharidace[ae]}), native to America. Transferred to
England it became an obstruction to navigation. Called also
{waterweed} and {water thyme}.

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~ jan JJsPond.us
August 13th 04, 11:37 PM
Looks like the PNW & Texas got it right. ;o) ~ jan

>On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 17:25:34 -0400, "Stephen M. Henning" > wrote:

>Anacharis \An*ach"a*ris\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? up + ? grace.]
> (Bot.)
> A fresh-water weed of the frog's-bit family
> ({Hydrocharidace[ae]}), native to America. Transferred to
> England it became an obstruction to navigation. Called also
> {waterweed} and {water thyme}.

~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~