At 03:26 PM 8/7/01 -0400, you wrote:
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>Most Americans pronounce most words very much like the British do. The 'b'
>in 'plumber' is, indeed, silent in typical American pronunciation.

Depending on the accent.. some English pronouce "sore" exactly the same
as "saw".  Plumber could be "plum-ah".

Then there is the Aussies- is a "spice ship" something to be found plying
the straits of Malacca or is it a Buck Rogers vehicle?

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