[net.nlang] funny pronunciations

bsg (12/04/82)

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have seen my share of funny pronunciation. feel free to post to net. I'm not
allowed to.

Dubois, WYO    pronounced 'do boys' not 'do bwah'
an interesting sidelite of this is that when pilgrims (anybody who does not
have a horse on his/her licence plate) are informed that they have
mispronounced Dubois (and they invariably do) respond by referring to the
Gros Ventre slide as the 'gross ven tree' slide rather than the correct
'grow vahnt' slide

In Vermont there is the town of charlotte 'shar LOT' and the city of Barre
'barry' which is close to montpelier 'mont peel year' not 'mont pel ee yay'

other goodies (from westen kansas) include peoples names

Chvatal  quaddle
Hrnchir  hurn chur
Cahoj    chuh hoy

jcw (12/06/82)

There is a small town in Alabama called Arab and pronounced with
the accent on the first syllable and with the first 'a' long.