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Page 4 of 4 < 1 2 3 4 Topic Options #111447 - 09/21/03 07:12 AM Re: names pronounced strangely of troy Carpal Tunnel Registered: 10/17/00 Posts: 5400 Loc: rego park in Nothern NH there is Milan -said my LAN, (not mill-an) and Berlin -said BURE lyn (in both cases, two very clean sylabils, not a single one) _________________________ my other obsession Top #111448 - 09/21/03 06:31 PM Re: names pronounced strangely JohnHawaii member Registered: 01/17/03 Posts: 171 Loc: Hawaii, USA Shortly after I arrived in Hawaii, I went to City Hall to ask directions to the Department of Motor Vehicles. I was told it was on "Camphor" Highway. Odd Hawaiian name, I thought. Not odd if you're a local and you know that the DMV is on Kamehameha Four Highway (Kam IV), named after the old King himself. Top #111449 - 09/30/03 03:09 PM Re: names pronounced strangely beanie stranger Registered: 05/01/00 Posts: 24 In Virginia, the town of Buena Vista is pronounced (prepare to shudder) Byoona Vista. The town of Onego is pronounced ONE-GO. In NC, the village of Valle Crucis is pronounced Valley Crews. Top Page 4 of 4 < 1 2 3 4 Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Moderator:  Jackie  Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 8454 Members 16 Forums 13692 Topics 210122 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members zzflorian, zhangzhen, dene13, MariaAnastasia, MNPrasad 8454 Registered Users Who's Online 0 registered (), 41 Guests and 2 Spiders online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) LukeJavan8 93 endymion6 69 jenny jenny 68 wofahulicodoc 67 teepee 20 Rhubarb Commando 16 Faldage 14 tsuwm 9 anddrewlee 6 Jackie 4 June Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

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