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Where the heck do people get this phantom S? It's like the opposite of a silent letter...it's not there, but you pronounce it anyway?

MrCrowesGarden wrote:Where the heck do people get this phantom S? It's like the opposite of a silent letter...it's not there, but you pronounce it anyway?

I still hear people say "Scott Rolens". You would think they would learn in 6 years, but I guess not.

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Popeye_Card wrote:

MrCrowesGarden wrote:Where the heck do people get this phantom S? It's like the opposite of a silent letter...it's not there, but you pronounce it anyway?

I still hear people say "Scott Rolens". You would think they would learn in 6 years, but I guess not.

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I can't say I ever heard that one, even when I lived in St. Louis. I heard a few " Mark Mulders" over the years though.

Popeye_Card wrote:

MrCrowesGarden wrote:Where the heck do people get this phantom S? It's like the opposite of a silent letter...it's not there, but you pronounce it anyway?

I still hear people say "Scott Rolens". You would think they would learn in 6 years, but I guess not.

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With Rolen, I usually hear the silent "D"

Scott Rolend

When my checkbooks was stolen bad checks were written to "Targets."

Or how about "Kerry Woods"?

Or spelling it "Jim Edmunds."

In England, you go for a walk in the wood.

Someone at Bernie's called him "Chase Danielson."

GatewaySnayke wrote:Someone at Bernie's called him "Chase Danielson."

You're so full of it, Gateways Snaykessmith.

Leon Spink