Re: How are syllable boundaries determined

On Sun, 31 Dec 2006 16:47:23 +1300, benlizross
<benlizro@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
<news:459732CB.66DA@xxxxxxxxxx> in sci.lang:

Peter T. Daniels wrote:

[...]

In Chicago, the term "U-boat" is known, because the U-505
has been on display at the Museum of Science and
Industry for 50 years or so. Did the term persist in
English usage elsewhere for any appreciable time after
the cessation of hostilities?

I certainly learned it in Vancouver in the 1950s, though
whether that's an appreciable time I can't say. It
referred specifically to German submarines of WWII. Of
course there was a lot more talk about the war then, and
lots more people around who had lived through it.

Come to look it up, it's right here in the Concise Oxford
Dictionary. Must be pretty well known.

It's also in M-W OnLine and AHD4.

Brian
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