Hi Richard:
Good one!
I was initially taught that it was pronounced with a "T" sort of like
... POT chard, but now I don't think that is correct.
Sigh ...
Happy New Year!
Phil
At 22:07 01/02/2013, Richard Edden wrote:
>If it came from the other side of the Atlantic, it probably thinks
>of itself as a p-short o-chard. If it uses a long O, it is probably
>from a US collection.
>Happy New Year
>Richard Edden
>
>
>BTW, it's pronounced like ... POACH erd ...here's a link to a
>pronunciation recording ...
>
>
><http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pochard>http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pochard
>
>Happy New Year!
>
>Phil
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