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I'd pronounce more like 'Thearuh'. Suhthen Kiwi. smile

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Oh yes, we definitely say thur. Sometimes.

Suhthen Kiwi. ! Is it fried? wink

Faldage, maybe I'll call you sometime so you can hear me say thurer...

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Originally Posted By: Jackie
Oh yes, we definitely say thur. Sometimes.

Suhthen Kiwi. ! Is it fried? wink

Faldage, maybe I'll call you sometime so you can hear me say thurer...


You got about a fifty-fifty chance of getting our answering machine vs getting our voice mail.

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Right, tsuwm. VERY informally.

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Originally Posted By: Faldage
Looks like a style manual question. I'd say they're all correct but if you're submitting to a publication, the style manual of the publication may state a preference for one over the other.

Faldage, you're dead right. Publishers have their own preferences. E.g., internal thoughts of a character: in italics, or in quotation marks. Nit-picky, but important to the publisher.

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