I have heard of ' I stand corrected', now I discovered 'I sit corrected', are they the same meaning?. Lim On May 28, 2012 10:48 PM, "David Boyce" <<a href="mailto:David@piano.plus.com">David@piano.plus.com</a>> wrote: > > I am of course familiar with the excellent film adaptation of Agatha Christie's novel Death On The Nile, starring Peter Ustinov, Mia Farrow, Bette Davis, David Niven etc. But I can't think of anyone in it pronouncing "pipe" as "peep" instead of ryming with "ripe". The only thing I can think of is that Hércule Poirot, played by Peter Ustinov, might have pronounced it that way, denoting a Belgian struggling to speak English, and pronouncing it badly. > > I dunno. > > Best wishes, > > David. > <a href="http://www.davidboyce.co.uk">www.davidboyce.co.uk</a> > > >> My apologies, I sit corrected. >> >> I got it from a great mystery movie "Death on the Nile". >> >> Duaine >> >> On 05/28/2012 03:07 AM, David Boyce wrote: >> > In no part of the UK is "pipe" pronounced "peep". > >