They also say 'I may do' .
we would say 'I may do that.'
they just say 'may do' .

we could go on an on about British or even Canadian pronunciations of
the same words.

Do you know how a Canadian would pronounce AAZ ?
it's not aye aye zee.

or 'schedule' ..I have always appreciated the British renunciation
....shed- ule.
or ..
Al- you - min - ee - um.

On 7/18/2014 1:10 PM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
> This is getting silly. But it's Friday.
>
> I've heard Brits say it "Man-DATE-ory" Accent on the second syllable. As
> in "manDATE."
>
> --
> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
> Bend, Ore.
>
> On 07/18/2014 01:10 PM, SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott ) wrote:
>> wow...
>> never heard that one...far as I know everyone knows that word is
>> pronounced   'man - duh - tory' ..........and that's all.
>> Like it's mandatory to say it that way.  lol
>>
>>
>> On 7/18/2014 8:43 AM, Stephen Grisanti wrote:
>>> And nearly every career Air Force enlisted person I met pronounced the
>>> word mandatory as "mandantory."  Let's hope Alistair has been spared
>>> that.
>>>
>>> Stephen
>>>
>>>
>>> On Friday, July 18, 2014 2:35 PM, "SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )"
>>> <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> lol..
>>> that's just one genre of course...
>>> old military-based acronyms.
>>>
>>> there are whole other realms of course.
>>> NRE
>>> SO
>>> OSO
>>> for example, and on and on.
>>>
>>> ( one means 'new relationship energy', one means Significant Other, and
>>> the last one is Other Significant Other )
>>>
>>>    gets complicated when people start talking about their OSO's DW's
>>> daughter .
>>> ( DW = dear wife )  lol.
>>>
>>> still got a great 87 Syncro Doka with 1.9 AAZ TD engine for sale
>>> here in
>>> So. Oregon .
>>> runs fine ...needs various cosmetics like a headliner , etc.
>>> asking price is $ 15,500 and I am pretty sure the owner would take 'any
>>> decent' offer.  Needs a new home for sure.
>>>
>>> bfn ( bye for now )
>>> Scott
>>>
>>> On 7/18/2014 7:21 AM, Old Volks Home wrote:
>>>> Clearly Alistair never served in the military where SOP was part of
>>>> the
>>>> daily lingo, ad nauseum.
>>>>
>>>> :)
>>>>
>>>> Jim Thompson
>>>> 84 GL 1.9 "Gloria"
>>>> 84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
>>>> 72 411 Station Wagon "Pug"
>>>> 75 914 1.8 "Nancy"
>>>> Full Timing From March 1999 To January 2012
>>>> oldvolkshome@gmail.com
>>>> http://www.oldvolkshome.com/
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 6:36 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Scott, Jim, whoever,
>>>>>
>>>>> You have to stop using jargon in your messages. What the heck is SOP?
>>>>>
>>>>> Soldiers on parade?
>>>>>
>>>>> Starboard or port?
>>>>>
>>>>> Strange old Protestant?
>>>>>
>>>>> Sherry or port?
>>>>>
>>>>> Sandwiches or pasta?
>>>>>
>>>>> Sunrise over Portland?
>>>>>
>>>>> The choices are endless.
>>>>>
>>>>> Alistair
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Jul 15, 2014, at 3:28 PM, "SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )" <
>>>>> scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> wrote:
>>>>>> there is ALWAYS RISK with just adding a bypass wire like that.
>>>>>> perhaps you have already ..
>>>>>> but until enough of the harness is revealed and inspected to be sure
>>>>>> you've found ALL the melted/shorted stuff..
>>>>>> you really can't be totally.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'd sure carry two fire extinquishers ( SOP on these old rigs ) ..
>>>>>> and have a way to get batteries disconneted like Right Now.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 7/10/2014 6:21 AM, Karl Wolz wrote:
>>>>>>> What I Lind of expected (the bypass, that is).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Karl Wolz
>>>>>>> Sent from my electronic umbilicus
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Jul 10, 2014, at 9:16 AM, "Stuart MacMillan"
>>>>>>>> <stuartmacm@gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>> Ric ran a new wire from the switch to the solenoid.
>