[78-L] Pronunciations ^

[Kristjan Saag]

How do you pronounce Champs-Élysées in American English?
Is it "Champs ee-LIE-sus" or "Champs Elly-SEES"?
Always wanted to know.
And what about "Emile Berliner"?
Kristjan

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
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Subject: Re: [78-L] Pronunciations ^


> Bud Black 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
>
> And what of the Straits of Mackinac? Sault Ste. Marie? Etobicoke? 
> Dalhousie
> (daLOOzee in southern Ontario, dalHOWzee in Nova Scotia)?
>
> dl
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