OFF-TOPIC: Pocinators & [lE"pri:S@nz] [was: Non linguisticsbooks by Chomsky]

Stephen Mulraney wrote:
> On this topic, a friend of mine once suggested that she had heard some
> Americans say /l@"pri:S@nz/ for /"lEpr@xO:n/. I don't recall the
> context, and can't remember if it was meant to be a joke or not. Has
> anyone heard this in the wild?
I've never heard it, but it sounds like something I might say as a joke
(the same way I sometimes say /'pAt@to/ for potato or /'&b@"l&m@/ for
"Alabama")

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