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From: richard@boulder.UUCP (Richard Byrd)
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: A "local" pronunciaton
Message-ID: <164@boulder.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 6-Apr-84 11:04:15 EST
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Posted: Fri Apr  6 11:04:15 1984
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While doing construction work in Houston I noticed that all the other workers,
both black and white, pronounced the word "column" like "col-yoom".
I never noticed other people in that part of Texas or anywhere else
use that pronunciation.
Has anyone else ever noticed it anywhere?