deborah@avsdS.UUCP (04/13/84)
When I lived in Houston, TX, I noticed a few regionalisms there: Houston is not pronounced like it is spelled; rather 'Yewston' Also, the word you ( the pronoun ) was similarly pronounced 'Yew' I noticed the latter most when 'Happy birthday' was sung in school. Then I visited London, where Houston was pronounced 'Howston' and Euston was pronounced 'Yewston'. Confused me for a good while. -deborah gronke bennett fortune!dsd!atd!s:deborah or ucbvax!atd!s:deborah
flinn@seismo.UUCP (E. A. Flinn) (04/13/84)
Houston has a few other pronounciation peculiarities - a cheerful service station attendant said to me once, 'chick-it awl?'