Re: CHAT: geographical nomenclature [was Re: Language of Tetril]
| From: | Thomas R. Wier <trwier@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, December 16, 2001, 18:01 |
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Quoting John Cowan <cowan@...>:
> Muke Tever scripsit:
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> > Where I am "Athens" is mainly ambiguous between Athens, Tennessee and
> > Athens, Georgia.
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> I have heard that the latter, at least, is locally /eIT@nz/, whereas
> the one in Greece is /&T@nz/.
This also applies to Cairo [k_hai(rou(], Egypt, and Cairo [k_hei(rou(],
Illinois, IIRC.
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