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Subject: Re: Grenada - (nf)
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Date: Wed, 9-Nov-83 22:56:56 EST
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uicsg!gmk    Nov  1 22:20:00 1983

There was an article on the pronunciation of "Grenada" in the
Chicago Tribune Sunday. It seems that Columbus named the island
Grenada (pronounced grah-NAH-dah ) and that pronunciation was
in effect through the French colonial period. When the island
came under British rule, the pronunciation was altered to
Grah-NAY-dah. (The British can never pronounce foreign words--
the BBC calls the president of the Phillipines "Mr. Mar-cahs".)
Since Grenada is an English speaking country today, the British
pronunciation has stuck.


				Gary Koob
				University of Illinois
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