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4S&7Y
8 K named H
7 D in M
M 18
1 FO the CN
2 4 the SS
3 on a M
3 F of E
BF 8
3 P in a HG
7 I in a SBG
S 13
7 A M
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10 L I
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Is that one behind the times? I seem to recall at least 104 and 105, though they didn't have "approved" names.
You may be right Wofa, I did check several places, but still…
I like the Tom Lehrer couplet – hadn’t heard it before. Reminds me that I have always been baffled by the use of “Pahk the kah on Hahvahd Yahd” as an example of Bostonese. Having been there I do understand the underlying joke, but I have to conclude that I would pronounce the phrase in the same way as in the example. That leaves me wondering how else you could pronounce it? I must get one of my American colleagues to demonstrate.
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4S&7Y
8 K named H Kings named Henry
7 D in M Days in may
M 18
1 FO the CN cuckoo’s nest
2 4 the SS
3 on a M
3 F of E faces of eve
BF 8 butterfield
3 P in a HG
7 I in a SBG
S 13
7 A M
8 is E
84 CCR Charing Cross Road
39 S steps
10 L I little indians
10 N F
12 A M angry men
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...That leaves me wondering how else you could pronounce it? I must get one of my American colleagues to demonstrate.Hey! I'm American, and I understood that!  ~~ P.S. My periodic table place mat (!) shows 109 elements, but I think those past 103 are still theoretical.
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Hey! I'm American, and I understood that! Hmmm. Let's see...click click...'upstate Noo York'...well, how come you speak Boston then? I went to Olean once and they didn't speak Boston there  .
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Ahem. Let me put on my epexegesis cap. Y'all Brits like to say that irony is dead in the U.S. It may be, but there are still a few of us who "get" it. Comprende, amigo?
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Yeah, but I were just pullin' yer leg missus. You go throwin' them long words at me an' I gets all confused like. Us eng'neers, we uses irony all the time. Cast irony, pig irony, wrought irony...
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