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