Re: Last Laugh! Racism and All That Rot

snipped-for-privacy@aol.com wrote:

>> In a message dated 5/10/07 3:24:59 PM Central Daylight Time, Pat wrote >> in a note to a posting by Fred Goldstein : >>> [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Speaking about odd pronounciations of >>> words, consider the town of Miami, Oklahoma. Residents there do not >>> pronounce it My-Am-eee, but rather My-Am-ah. >> What's your definition of "odd"? There are 15 or 20 cities in the >> United States named "Miami," and the pronounciation is divided about >> half and half between those two variants. > Likewise I believe most cities named "Newark" are pronounced "New ark" > versus "New work". Still, everyone thinks the former is the "odd" one. > John Mayson > Austin, Texas, USA

No, in the US it's pronounced Noo-ark. The original town is pronounced Nyu-uck.

Colin

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