And Rosta wrote:
I'd assumed that eye-rack and eye-ran were deliberately and contemptuously nonaccommodating (mis)pronunciations, like Churchill saying Nazzy or Narzy instead of Nartsy.
I don't think so; just plain old American iggerance. -- There is / one art || John Cowan <jcowan@reutershealth.com> no more / no less || http://www.reutershealth.com to do / all things || http://www.ccil.org/~cowan with art- / lessness \\ -- Piet Hein