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#26646 04/14/2001 2:38 AM

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Max Quordlepleen

Carpal Tunnel

Max Quordlepleen

Carpal Tunnel

Joined: Aug 2000

Posts: 3,409

Earlier today, I was reading a news article on the fate of the USN commander of the submarine involved in the collision with the Japanese vessel, and it got me thinking about what we call people who crew submarines. UK usage calls them sub-mariners, while the USN seems to prefer submarine-rs. Can anyone supply examples of other words where the difference in UK/US usage comes down to the stressing of different syllables?

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