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Re: Pronunciation

Bob Nelson writes:
>A couple of other examples from WRKO's Howie Carr--
>he pronounces "Illinois" and "Wisconsin" as
>"EL-len-noy" and "WES-con-sin", respectively...

How about Paul Harvey's reference to Boston's next door neighbor,
"Chell-SEE-ya", yet he pronounces the First Daughter as "CHELL-see"--go
figure!

     ~Kaimbridge~

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