Date:  Fri, 10 Mar 1995 10:04:02 -0500

From:  "Jerry (NMN) Miller" <miller[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]NEWTON.FRANKLINCOLL.EDU>

Subject: Re: suite /sut/



I don't know any of the background/origins, but I would say that, here in

Indiana, there is no other pronunciation than "sut." I can't recall anyone, of

any educational, social, or economic background, ever using "suite" to refer

to anything other than, perhaps, a musical composition. Even the radio and TV

commercials from furniture stores consistently use "sut." It does seem that,

somewhere in my deep, dark past, probably in another state, I occasionally heard

"suite" in that context, but it has been a very long time. For my own part, I

have given in to the overwhelmingly popular usage, though I mentally cringe when-

ever I do it--but, as they used to say, "When in Rome (City, Ind.), ........"



                jmiller

                franklin college (ind.)