[Magdalen] Local Pronunciation.

[Christopher Hart]

Here in the mid-atlantic region we immediately know which city and state
you are referring to if you speak of NEW-erk (Newark, NJ) or new-ARK
(Newark, DEL).

On Sun, Feb 14, 2016 at 11:15 PM, Charles Wohlers <
charles.wohlers at verizon.net> wrote:

> '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
>
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Cantor03--- via Magdalen
> Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2016 10:48 PM
> To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
> Cc: Cantor03 at aol.com
> Subject: [Magdalen] Local Pronunciation.
>
>
>
>
> 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.
>



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