> On (27 Aug 06) Barbara McNay wrote to George Pope...
 >  BM>  > I pronounce it to be identical to the old english word
 >  BM>  > "shite". . .
 >  BM>
 >  BM> I'm not familiar with the old English word, or its pronunciation, if
 >  BM> it's different from what one would expect.

 > Rhymes with "bite", and is the old word for excrement.

You do get around. 

 > . .

 >  BM> While he was something of a pot-stirrer in the echoes I read, and
 >  BM> maybe a great deal more in other echoes, he contributed a great deal
 >  BM> of information on topics, especially chemistry and WWII.

 > You're luckier than I, then! :P

I long ago got tired of those echoes that are nothing but flames or
wrangling about strawmen.

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