[78-L] Funny town names...

[David Lennick]

Ever gone from Mi-am-uh to Los An-gul-ees?

J. M. Witten announces "On Mi-am-uh Shore" on the Harry Snodgrass record.

dl

Royal Pemberton wrote:
> 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."
>>
>>
>> Taylor
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Royal Pemberton" <ampex354 at gmail.com>
>> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 11:06 AM
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Funny town names...
>>
>>
>>> How did a name spelt Pierre come to be pronounced 'peer' instead of
>>> 'p-air'?
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