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From: phoogenb@liberty.uc.wlu.edu (Peter Hoogenboom)
Subject: Re: Pronunciation of foreign words
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Nancy J. Gill (njgill@ix.netcom.com) wrote:
: Here on the lovely island of Alameda, CA, natives and long-time
: residents pride themselves on their adherence to pronouncing
: Versailles Street as "Vur-sayles" and Buena Vista Avenue as "Byoona
: Vista". People who pronounce these as "Vairsigh" or "Booayna Vista"
: are dismissed as pretentious parvenu.

In Virginia, "Buena Vista" is pronounced "Byoona Vista" (the first
syllable of the second word rhymes with "mist").  "Staunton" sounds like
it's spelled "Stanton."  And I'm totally at a loss to explain why people 
think that Roanoke was lost.  It's right there next to Salem.

Peter

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Peter Hoogenboom                        phoogenb@wlu.edu
Department of Music, DuPont 208         hoogenboom.p@fs.sciences.wlu.edu
Washington and Lee University           phoogenboom@wesleyan.edu
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