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#111447 - 09/21/03 07:12 AM Re: names pronounced strangely
of troy Offline
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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)

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#111448 - 09/21/03 06:31 PM Re: names pronounced strangely
JohnHawaii Offline
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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.


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#111449 - 09/30/03 03:09 PM Re: names pronounced strangely
beanie Offline
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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.


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