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How does Jo pronounce forks?
Like Fawkes. Is there an alternative?
Well, for starters you could at least pretend there was an R in there somewhere. You know, R like in Ralph? You Brits are so hot to accuse US'ns of Reader's Digest spelling® but you grab all those letters that you don't even bother to use. You don't leave us any even if we *do pronounce them. Sheesh!
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>Well, for starters you could at least pretend there was an R in there somewhere.
Oh, I do pronounce the "r", it is just that you guys can't hear it! I suggest a hearing test.
If the "r" was missing it would sound like "fox" and we'd be in the feral thread with lots of angry Ozzies (they are very fond of the European fox and its favourite snack the European rabbit), then where would we be?
In forks, the "r" sounds just like an "r" should, are you suggesting that I speak Cornish?
Now back to some other good words: Aluminium, favourite, orientate ... mumble, mumble, lets see how many people I can upset today!
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Hey, NY'ers do that too-- Moshula Parkway, is Marsh a loo Parkway the R is soft, but it is most definately there, and the A in the middle is a a schwa, (but most definately not a U!)
just cause you don't need an R spell the word, doesn't mean it doesn't have an R when you say it. there are plenty of other word we NY'ers add the sound of R to, but i can never think of any of them.. it takes out of Towner's to hear them..
Hey Faldage, get the ASp in here.. she has lived here, and i bet she will be able think of lots of them.
there is an alternate way to say the name, Ma shu la-- but this is less common.
(i have a PM somewhere, from someone.. i know who, its one of the MD's on the board, who lives in Worster MA, and his name is... is... who told me, Who Moshula was! I'll go look it up, and come back and edit..)
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Preliminary googling indicates that better results will be had using the spelling mosholu.
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