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From: walsh@ihuxi.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Pronunciation of Granada/Grenada
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Date: Mon, 31-Oct-83 10:42:04 EST
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I read something in the Sunday paper about this, but cannot remember EVERY
fact; here's what I can remember:

1) Columbus sighted the island and apparently named it the Spanish 'Granada'
   (pronounced grah-nah-dah).

2) When the British took over rule of the island as a colony, they pronounced
   it Gren-ayd-ah. (I don't know if the spelling changed or who changed it.)

3) Not only the news media, but Grenadans pronounce it Gren-ayd-ah. It has
   become the accepted, and hence, proper pronunciation since the English
   changed it.

                                         B. Walsh