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From: mckay@princeton.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: San Jose is "San Joz" if you are in Illinois...
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Date: Sat, 20-Aug-83 00:40:14 EDT
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Posted: Sat Aug 20 00:40:14 1983
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I have always been amused at the way pronunciation of a name changes depending
upon where you are.  The biggie, of course, is Par-EE (in France), which we
English-speaking types have "prostitue (accent aigue)" as the French say, to
Par-IS.  There is a legitimate Paris, pronounced "Paris", in Tennessee,
however.  Another one is Cairo (Cay-roh) Illinois; the original, of course
is pronounced Ky-roh.  My personal favorite is Versailles, KY, pronounced:
Vur-sayels, with acute Western Kentucky Twang.  (I'm allowed to say that,
I grew up in Western KY)  To get an idea of WK Twang, say, "I pinched my
finger", only pronounce it "I panched muh fanger".  Anybody know any other
places with names that change pronunciation?
 
P.S. I refuse to get involved in the "how to hang the toilet paper" debate.
Anyone who is truly fascinated with it can get the microfiche of any
major newspaper that carries Ann Lander's column, and look back a couple
of years.  As I recall, the debate lasted about seven months, until some
lady wrote in, in effect, "The printed flowerdy side only shows if you hang
it so it comes off the top. QED."  I neither support nor refute this 
statement.
 
                      Luv to all,
                       windy*
                 ...princeton!mckay