>When I was 15 transistors became available to the public, so I began building transistor radios for students in my high school. All across this country kids called transistor radios “Transistors”. The expression in common use was “I am listening to my transistor”. I would attempt to correct such statements by explaining “A transistor is a current amplifying device and therefore you cannot listen to it”! All this and much more have been expressed to no avail, as I have not convinced anyone to say or pronounce anything correctly. What is common or in vogue is acceptable. Being correct is not. My opinion is it is a hopeless crusade trying to get Americans to say anything that is correct.
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>Tom

It's not only Americans. Unfortunately (IMO), American spelling, pronounciation & phrases are proliferating throughout this country now - my (one-man) crusade to English English is doomed to failure even with my children.