On Sat, 14 Oct 1995 SSGSPEAR@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 95-10-13 14:57:03 EDT, kennedy@admin.njit.edu (William R. > Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648) writes: > > >Glad to hear that New Jersey isn't the only benighted state as far as > >pronunciation. Buena, NJ is Byoona, and Bogota, NJ is B'GOta. > >B. > > So is Ohio. Newark is pronounced Nerk. Lancaster is Lankister. > > Brad > In California most people get the pronunciation correct for instance San Jose' is pronounced San Hose' However the one thing that perplexes most people from California is the double l. I live on a street called "Calle Avellano" (pronounced "Caye' Aveyano" ) but unless I pronounce it "Caley Avelano" No one knows what I am talking about. Texas also has this problem and they call Amarillo "Amarilaw" and armadillos are called "armadilaws". Scott (pronounced "scawt") ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Any nation that trades Liberty for Security deserves neither. ---Ben Franklin '69 transporter conrad@centcon.com sbeckst@dpc.com becksteads@aol.com
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