[78-L] Pronunciations

[Bill Knowlton]

 Mike mentioned the "Madrid Fault." I left this off my list: here we pronounce the town as "MAD-rid."
 
Really maddening.
 
78-L content: Billy Murray's "When You Get Off At Kay-ro, Illinois..."
 
...and Uncle Jimmy Thompson referred to his homeland as "The Ameri-kee"  BILL KNOWLTON, "Bluegrass Ramble," Sundays: 9 pm to midnight (EST) over WCNY-FM (91.3) Syracuse, WUNY (89.5) Utica, WJNY (90.9) Watertown NY, also: www.wcny.org      PO Box 2400, Syracuse NY 13220-2400. 315-457-6100******************************************************************************"You can do the cooking, you can pay the rent, but I still ain't comin' home"---B. Bailey



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