[net.news] Re Detroit

ljdickey@watmath.UUCP (09/11/83)

The problem that Laura Creighton (from Toronto) has in pronouncing
the word Detroit is not uncommon among Canadians.  Most newscasters
(especially notable in the CBC) turn the name into a three syllable word,
something like     de-troy-it .

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  Lee Dickey, University of Waterloo.  (ljdickey@watmath.UUCP)
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laura@utcsstat.UUCP (Laura Creighton) (09/12/83)

laura creighton (from Vancouver, presently living in Toronto)
still doesn't know how to pronounce an 'oy' dipthong without
stressing it... But at least I know that there are some people that CAN 
do it...

Laura Creighton
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