[Magdalen] Local Pronunciation.

[Cantor03 at aol.com]

A medical school classmate of mine has died in the Two Rivers, 
Wisconsin area, and it reminded me of some odd regional place
names for locals in Wisconsin:
 
For example, natives say something like t'RIVers for Two Rivers.
 
Then there is m'WAUkee for Milwaukee.
 
p'WAU-kee for pe-WAU-kee
 
And lang-cast-er (without any syllabic stress) for the English  LANC-as-ter.
 
RAY-seen for ra-CINE.
 
FON-ge-lac for fond du LAC
 
etc
 
 
 
David Strang.