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Jazz, I'm surprised that a resident of Ohio is misled (mizzled) about relative distance in U.S. states. Rapunzel is in Reading, PA, which is about 300 miles from the Ohio border. You can have a lot of diversity in that distance.
Being in the export/import business, I encounter a lot of ignorance on the part of foreigners about U.S. geography. Most of all, many don't appreciate the size of the country and the distance between points. I once had a European indignantly challenge my cost estimate of about $1400 to transport something from Baltimore to Erie, PA. He thought that was outrageous, given that Baltimore is only 65 km. from the Pennsylvania border. I had to explain that Erie is about as far as you can get in PA from Baltimore, 620 km.
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U / yu
The long 'u', which is indeed correctly pronounced with the 'y' sound before it, as nyude, nyews, etc. seems to be getting rarer and rarer in the U.S. Practically all you hear anymore is nood, noos, etc. I find myself doing it if I'm not paying attention. It won't be long before this is accepted and sanctioned as the "official" US pronunciation, another variant from the UK usage. Pity.
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the British pronunciation of words like "nude" and "sue" have the "y" sound in there, like "nyude" and "syue". Yes, that's right - but I must say that "sue" is often pronounced "soo" over here, these days. If it is a girl's name, it has always been "soo", as you would expect with an abbrev. of Susan. I was perpetually annoyed when I worked in a greengrocery shop where the florist had an apprentice whom she always called "Syue" Urrrrgh! 
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 You are soooo right. And here is another reason to learn a new lanuguage in the early grades like every one else does except the US. If a child learns another language from birth up to age 10, he will be more intelligent. This is proven from children who grow up in bilingual homes-----so United States teachers and schools---wake up or the rest of the world will pass us up. enthusiast
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If a child learns another language from birth up to age 10, he will be more intelligent. This is proven from children who grow up in bilingual homesOmi gawd. I'm smart.  (Aside from part-time resident 12 year-old, "yeah, right.")
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