[78-L] Deep Ellum Blues^

[buster]

In Alameda California, my home, Versailles Street is pronounced "verr- 
SALES" and has been for about 100 years. And we like that!



On Jan 2, 2009, at 6:01 PM, "Steven C. Barr" <stevenc at interlinks.net>  
wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Julian Vein" <julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk>
>> Steven C. Barr wrote:
>>> BTW...are there any words(in English) which end with "L-M" which  
>>> should
>>> be
>>> pronounced with the "L-M" ending...?!
>> H-E-L-M?
>>
> Which ISN'T pronounced "hell-um"...?! As well, we don't speak of the
> "pall-ums"
> pf Miami (nor beggars with "pall-ums"outstretched, asking for
> "all-ums"...?!) nor
> do our clergy quote the "psall-ums"...?! As well, storms are not  
> said to be
> preceded by a "call-um"...?! Yet, we often go see "fill-ums" or sit  
> beneath
> "ell-ums!"
>
> Sadly, the English tongue, like an old car I once owned, seems to be
> assembled
> using "spare parts" (of speech?!) found in a linguistic "junk-yard" of
> leftover
> odds and ends...?! Thus, when a letter or two shows up, we CANNOT  
> exactly
> predict how (or if...?!) it will be pronounced...?!
>
> One never knows...do one?!
>
> ...stevenc
>
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