[78-L] Deep Ellum Blues^

[Steven C. Barr]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> Most of Toronto can't cope with one particular street name without ADDING 
> a
> consonant to it. "Eglinton" is pronounced the way it's spelled, except by 
> just
> about every announcer and traffic reporter, who make it "Eglington". (And 
> let's
> not get into Roncesvalles, Balliol, Baby Point, Delhi etc.)
>
And oddly enough the original name (of a small village!) WAS "EglinGton!"

However, I grew up in "downstate" Illinois...noted for towns called
"New BER-lin," "VY-enna," "AY-thens" and "San Chose"...!

...stevenc