Yes! I found it again. I found this page a very, very long time ago, and though I thought I’d bookmarked it, I either had not, or simply couldn’t find it in the mess that constitutes many years’ worth of largely unsorted bookmarks. I couldn’t remember what it was called (and was too lazy to search), but I found it again today. This site is not pretty, but it’s functional, and it makes The Grammar Nazi practically squeal with delight! Thank you, Dr. Paul Brians, Professor of English (retired). 🙂
I do think it could use one more: sevent-teen. Oh my GOD, I hate that. If you’d like to sound as if you’d never in your life darkened the doorway of any educational institution, then by all means, pronounce “seventeen” the way people do here. There is one “t”. Just one! It’s a compound word made up of the words “seven” and “teen”, and that’s exactly how it’s pronounced. Seven-teen. I’m working on my tenth year, trying to get P. to stop saying, “sevent-teen” and have even got so frustrated that I actually used the word “illiterate”, but still, no joy. I’d even give him “ruff” (roof) and “wawrsh” (wash) without so much as a whimper if he’d just say “seventeen“.
