[78-L] Funny town names...

[Royal Pemberton]

I've heard Miami in Oklahoma pronounced 'my-am-uh' as opposed to
'my-ah-mee'.  Near me (I live in Mountain Home, Arkansas....don't ask)
there's Viola which gets pronounced 'vye-ola' and, weirder by a mile or
more, Gamaliel....I don't think I want to know where they get 'gamellia'
(think 'camellia' with the C changed to the G sound in the word 'ground')
from that!

On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 7:11 PM, Taylor Bowie <bowiebks at isomedia.com> wrote:

> Same way that Cairo,  Illinois is "Kay-ro"!!  And  I think there's a little
> town in upstate NY spelled Dehli but pronounced "Dee-lee."
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> Taylor
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> > How did a name spelt Pierre come to be pronounced 'peer' instead of
> > 'p-air'?
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