How to pronounce "soffit"
How to pronounce "soffit"
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Now that JAE has started this, I would like a vote on soffit. I say soff-it, but a lot of architects seem to think it is French, and say suf-feat.
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How to pronounce "soffit"
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RE: How to pronounce "soffit"
RE: How to pronounce "soffit"
Soffit built too low
Mind your head, or you'll bang it.
Didn't read the print.
RE: How to pronounce "soffit"
That's not something I ever thought possible.
RE: How to pronounce "soffit"
Even that will only do so much good:)
Regards,
Mike
RE: How to pronounce "soffit"
Matt
CAD Engineer/ECN Analyst
Silicon Valley, CA
sw.fcsuper.com
Co-moderator of Solidworks Yahoo! Group
RE: How to pronounce "soffit"
Sorry to be such a curmudgeon (prononced "coeur-muj-ee-oen")
RE: How to pronounce "soffit"
To paraphrase Graham Chapman,
"Oh, aren't we special--playing the grand piano and banging our heads on the soff-eet."
Or--try going to Home Depot and asking for a vented
soff-eet. I think you will be laughed at.
DaveAtkins
RE: How to pronounce "soffit"
RE: How to pronounce "soffit"
Jeff Mirisola, CSWP
http://designsmarter.typepad.com/jeffs_blog
RE: How to pronounce "soffit"
That's almost (but not quite) as poetic as the aforementioned haiku...
old field guy
RE: How to pronounce "soffit"
RE: How to pronounce "soffit"
"It's spelt luxury yacht, but it's pronounced throat warbler mangrove."
RE: How to pronounce "soffit"
Never, but never question engineer's judgement
RE: How to pronounce "soffit"
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RE: How to pronounce "soffit"
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RE: How to pronounce "soffit"
Mike McCann
McCann Engineering
RE: How to pronounce "soffit"
RE: How to pronounce "soffit"
I would sur-rep-ti-tious-ly sur-ren-der to using the DIC-TION-AR-Y.
Mike McCann
McCann Engineering