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Re: Excuse me, Miss Pronunciation?
On 3 Sep 2002 at 9:55, Aaron [Bishop] Read wrote:
> Being honest here, the differences between the two channels on the
> Yankees' names was pretty small, but some of the Red Sox names sounded
> pretty harsh ("Jason VARY-tek"?? I even heard a "NO-mer Garciaparra" slip
> out once) Is this just evidence that Bostonians talk weird, New Yorkers
> talk weird, or just that the Yankees are determined to be obnoxious to
> everyone?
Could it be that the New York announcer simply wasn't familiar with how
to pronounce the names?
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