A long-time faculty member at the World Presidio College of Triple Bottom Business has been asked to step down, based on his pronunciation of "tomato" [tuh-mey-toh]. In a recent announcement by the administration, "tomato" is to be pronounced [tuh-mah-toh] by all core staff and faculty. The pronunciation of "tomato" has been at the foundation of disagreements and differences between the administration and certain faculty for quite some time. However, the conversation escalated during an all-staff luncheon in which a long-term faculty member asked upper management to please pass the "tuh-mey-toh's" while adding fixings to their sandwich. The school's board has called an emergency meeting to formalize an agreement on the required pronunciation. Inside sources have indicated, "puh-tey-toh...you're next!"
My fav is ped-a-gaw-gee. (shudder)
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