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Re: guiser

#45763 10/26/2001 11:41 AM

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Jackie

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Jackie

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Louisville, Kentucky

The splendidly snappy word geezer is a variant of 'guiser' too.
Nicholas! A beloved Brit-speaking friend of mine pronounces the word geyser as geezer, whereas I and everyone I know of here says it with the long-i sound, as I would say guiser. Geyser isn't related to guiser, is it?
Why the difference in pronunciation, do you know?

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