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From: ntt@dciem.UUCP (Mark Brader)
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Subject: Re: Pronunciation of Granada/Grenada
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Date: Fri, 28-Oct-83 17:38:17 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct 28 17:38:17 1983
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Grenada is affiliated with Britain (part of the Commonwealth, I think),
and in Britain it is more common to retain the spelling of a foreign word
but pronounce it as if it was an English word spelled the same way.
Thus `garage' may sound something like `GARRidge' (no r-coloring in the a,
please), and even if Grenada is a Spanish word or name it would likely be
pronounced to rhyme with Ada.