Originally posted by: Laserman
How come my upside down e came out as a question mark *after* I posted the message, it showed as an upside down e when I typed it in. Hmmm... I sense a disturbance in the schwartz.

Dunno, but I had the same problem. That's why I've resorted to spelling out "schwa" all the damn time.

Actually, I would submit it's those people who pronounce C-I-N-E "sinny" who are neglecting the root of the word: it's from French (innit? they invented movies...), and I'll bet you any Frenchman worth his baguette would cold-pronounce C-I-N-E as "seen".

Maybe it's our nominal biligualism, but I know I'm not the only Canadian who has ever read "telecine" as "tel-schwa-seen".

Or it could be something in the water...