Do the British really pronounce "comradely" with a long A?" Actually, I guess I just answered this one myself. Checking the on-line Merriam-Webster dictionary, it says Britisher's pronounce "comrade" with a long A.
By long A, do you mean pronounced comraad instead of comrayd? Its a new one on me and I've lived here all my life.
I guess your certain that "comradely" wasn't "camaraderie"?
I disagree that ponce necessarily means homosexual - where I come from it means someone who does things in a stupid, irritating and altogether overly ostentatious way (e.g the Fonz).
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