Re: How are syllable boundaries determined

["Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 30 Dec 2006 16:03:59 -0800, "Peter T. Daniels"
<grammatim@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
<news:1167523439.046699.91790@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
in sci.lang:

[...]

> In Chicago, the term "U-boat" is known, because the U-505
> has been on display at the Museum of Science and Industry
> for 50 years or so. Did the term persist in English usage
> elsewhere for any appreciable time after the cessation of
> hostilities?

I expect that it's rather widely known, if not so widely as
in our generation; it would not have occurred to me that I
might have to explain it if I used it.  I also suspect that
it's mostly applied only to WWII German submarines.

Brian