[78-L] I Beg To Differ

[Steven C. Barr]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Shoshani" <mshoshani at sbcglobal.net>
> On Fri, 2009-01-02 at 14:11 -0500, Bill Knowlton wrote:
>> Oh, for wierd pronounciations do come to Central New York. Pulaski is 
>> "pull-ask-eye," Chili is "chy lie."
> Here in Chicago we have a main thoroughfare called Devon Avenue. This is
> pronounced "Duh-VONN".  It intersects with a street called Paulina -
> pronounced "paul-EYE-nah".
> My parents once told me of an adventure they had in Louisville - where
> they lived at the time - in which locals in an unfamiliar neighborhood
> had them going crazy looking for "Round Street".  FINALLY they found
> what they were looking for: ROWAN Street!
>
Back in 1950, my family and I traveled from Illinois to Washington (state).
My mother, when we were in western Washington, asked a local "Do you
pronounce that town as "Ya-KIE-ma" or "Ya-KEE-ma?" Back came the
withering reply..."YA-ka-ma!"

...stevenc