[78-L] Funny town names...

[David Lennick]

On the other hand, if you pronounce "Delhi" as "del-lee" anywhere in southern 
Ontario, you're a foreigner..the town here is Del-High.

dl

Taylor Bowie 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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> From: "Royal Pemberton" <ampex354 at gmail.com>
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>> How did a name spelt Pierre come to be pronounced 'peer' instead of
>> 'p-air'?
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