[78-L] Pronunciations

[Royal Pemberton]

I don't know.  'Spo-can' for Spokane, 'peer' for Pierre, South Dakota,
and I've heard Miami in Oklahoma pronounced 'miamuh'.  All mysteries
to me.

On 1/2/09, Bud Black <banjobud at cfl.rr.com> wrote:
> In Atlantic City, New Jersey, Arkansas avenue is pronounced "Ark-Kan-zuss."
> By the way, why the poop is the state of Arkansas pronounced "Ark-kin-saw?"
> (seems to me I have an MGM recording of a song called "The State Of Arkansas
>  sung by Jimmy Durante.  (I mention this just to keep this subject on topic
> )
>
> Bud
>
> -------Original Message-------
>
> From: Mike Richter
> Date: 01/02/09 17:16:03
> To: 78-L Mail List
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Pronunciations
>
> Bill Knowlton wrote:
>>  Mike mentioned the "Madrid Fault." I left this off my list: here we
> pronounce the town as "MAD-rid."
>
> And the other Mike reminds all that Cario, IL is pronounced KAY-row. The
> list can go on indefinitely before we come back to relevance - if ever.
>
> Mike
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