Trollops and Scallops

by kendrive @ 2005-07-30 - 18:07:40

This is a trollop:

And here are two scallops:

mmmmm ... Delicious!

Tell me something though...

Why do so many people nowadays pronounce "scallop" as "scollop" (to rhyme with "trollop") ?

It is not an alternative pronounciation - although many years ago there WAS an alternative SPELLING - "scollop".

However, my dictionary says that spelling is now "Archaic" - so why can we not all pronounce "scallop" as it spelt today - to rhyme with "gallop"?

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