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From: deborah@avsdS.UUCP
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Subject: another regional pronunciation
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Date: Thu, 12-Apr-84 18:10:51 EST
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Posted: Thu Apr 12 18:10:51 1984
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When I lived in Houston, TX, I noticed a few regionalisms there:

Houston is not pronounced like it is spelled; rather 'Yewston'
Also, the word you ( the pronoun ) was similarly pronounced 'Yew'

I noticed the latter most when 'Happy birthday' was sung in school.

Then I visited London, where Houston was pronounced 'Howston'
and Euston was pronounced 'Yewston'. Confused me for a good while.

-deborah gronke bennett
fortune!dsd!atd!s:deborah  or ucbvax!atd!s:deborah