[Magdalen] Local Pronunciation.

[Charles Wohlers]

'Tis very common:

MAD-rid, Iowa
Ne-VAY-duh, Iowa   (Nevada)

Ber-LIN, Vermont - but
BER-lin, New Hampshire

And, as you know, folks in Pennsylvania pronounce Lancaster with the proper 
stress on the first syllable.
The home of my alma mater is BETH-lee-'m, PA

Now down to -20F ...

Chad Wohlers
Woodbury, VT USA
chadwohl at satucket.com



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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.