that the logo was going to be in 'universe fox bold', over and over and over again. Oh god, no it isn't. Scalefree has it right. Woo-stuh. Seriously, I can't go back down that particular rabbit hole. It's only just become amusing this year - 3 years later. posted by Brockles at 11:32 AM on January 3 [ 1 favorite ] It was Martha freaking Nussbaum. I know. CBC pronounces it like that, too. I liked it when they talked about "harrissment" during the dreadful Mike Harris regime, but other than that, it sounds weird to me. posted by ThatCanadianGirl at 11:32 AM on January 3 [ 1 favorite ] And being from Philadelphia I know that it's spelled water but pronounced wood-er . posted by scalefree at 11:38 AM on January 3 [ 1 favorite ] I somehow can't help but think that my Irish Gaelic speaking friend would read complaints about how weird English spelling/pronunciations mashups are and would think, "how quaint." posted by EmpressCallipygos at 11:39 AM on January 3 [ 1 favorite ] I work in English language training, and for a long time I've been bothered by how difficult it is for learners to learn how to spell in English. The poem is a great example of how unstructured English spelling can seem. - There's a hidden logic to the spelling system for all languages. From the book: "The linguistic differences between English, Italian, French, and Chinese are such that no single spelling solution could