Re: OFF-TOPIC: Misspoken... Sort Of

Mark J. Reed wrote:
> EZ> 4. Nucular - I don't USE this one, I just fall down laughing every time
> EZ> G Bush does. If I had a nickel for each time...
>
> Ah, but this one is listed as an alternate pronunciation in the AHD.
> I fear we've lost the war.
>
> EZ> 2. Arkansas ("are can SASS") - ditto
> CXS /A`r\k@n's&s/; I'd have expected /A`r/'k&nz@s/ instead.
>
> Lots of mispronounced Spanish around here in Georgia; Peggy Hill's got
> nothing on our street and city names.  The archetypical example is a major
> street that runs from downtown Atlanta east through Decatur to Stone
> Mountain called Ponce de Leon Avenue, pronounced /pAnsd@"lijAn/.
> There's also a town further south well-known for its furniture
> wholesalers, Unadilla /,jun@'dIl@/.
Same with Los Angeles, where you'd think they'd know better. Figueroa
Ave. is /fI.gr\=.'o.@/ and San Pedro isw /s&n 'pi.dr\o/. Even the native
Spanish speakers in the area pronounce those place names like that, even
though they'd never pronounce the name "Pedro" as /'pi.dr\o/.

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