[Sca-cooks] SCA names for foodie types

[Susan Fox-Davis]

> Many years ago, there was a true incident where a
> race horse named Harass [pronounced the American
> way, not the British way], was being withdrawn
> from a race, so the announcer said over the
> loudspeaker, "Scratch Harass!"  It was very
> funny, especially when the announcer realized
> exactly what he said.  It is on a record that I
> own of radio bloopers.
> 
> Huette
>

Bad announcer.  The word is pronounced HA'-r at ss, @ standing in for an
unaccented neutral "schwa" in this ascii context.  As I recall from speech
and other voice classes, "Her A$$" is two words.

Selene C.