[wisb] Re: How do you pronounce the word "Scaup"?

Jesse Ellis asked: "How official is official? Do you have a source for this 
assertion, or is this just a vote?"

A number of people provided sources. Here's one:

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scaup

Bernie Sloan
Milwaukee

--- On Mon, 2/13/12, Jesse Ellis <calocitta8@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Jesse Ellis <calocitta8@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [wisb] Re: How do you pronounce the word "Scaup"?
> To: bgsloan2@xxxxxxxxx
> Cc: "wisbirdn" <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Monday, February 13, 2012, 4:44 PM
> How official is official? Do you have
> a source for this assertion, or is
> this just a vote?
> Jesse
> 
> On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 1:32 PM, B.G. Sloan <bgsloan2@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> 
> > I received quite a few responses to my question about
> how to pronounce
> > "Scaup".
> >
> > It's official...I've been mispronouncing "Scaup" all my
> days as a birder.
> > I pronounced the "cau" so that it rhymed with "cow".
> Turns out the "cau" is
> > pronounced "kaw", so the word is pronounced like
> "Skawp".
> >
> > Funny thing is that I'll probably keep pronouncing it
> wrong. For some
> > reason it's really difficult to make my mouth say
> "Skawp". :-)
> >
> > Bernie Sloan
> > Milwaukee
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> University of Wisconsin - Madison
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