Janet Baraclough wrote in
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On Mon, 09 Apr 2007 12:44:24 GMT, wrote:
forgot to say. start rototilling and there will just be bocu weed
seeds that will
sprout. dont disturb the top layer of the soil. Ingrid
"Bocu" -- fascinating spelling-by-ear for "beaucoup".
:-)
P, why do many Americans spell/pronounce voila as walla? Was the
mispronounciation a catchphrase used in cartoons, perhaps?
Janet
Do you mean as in a magician saying, "Abacadabbra... VOILA!"? It's
supposed to be "vwalla" but the v is so gutteral it's almost not there.
Listen to the pronounciations here. You can barely catch the V.
http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/voila