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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Bother. Likewise blow. #112682 09/26/03 08:39 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,004 London, UK shanks OP old hand OP shanks old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,004 London, UK So there go my chances of impressing hoi polloi with my working class cred. Damn you Billy Bragg for giving me hope! cheer the sunshine "definitely looking for a new England" warrior Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Pronunciation query #112683 09/26/03 09:35 AM Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK D dxb Pooh-Bah dxb Pooh-Bah D Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK In Scottish law there is a three verdict system; 'guilty', 'not guilty' and 'not proven'. In this case the word always seems to be pronounced as proven, not as prooven. In case of interest, here is a link: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/faq/notprov.asp Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Pronunciation query #112684 09/27/03 09:15 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok Capfka Pooh-Bah Capfka Pooh-Bah Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok Well, I never had a public school eddication, but I've always pronounced it as prov/n. My better half, the one with the law degree, disagrees with me and agrees with the pruv/n school. So there's nothing new there, then. Oh, and welcome back, Shanks. It's been a long time since I saw a post from you. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 2 1 2 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts229,892 Members9,197 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish, Renegade98 9,197 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 365 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) A C Bowden 29 wofahulicodoc 24 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,893 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,947 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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