>Howie Carr (mis)pronounces more than a few words: >Syracuse= "SERRA-cyoose" That's actually VERY close to the way the natives say it, at least for the city in upstate New York. But then, we also pronounce Chili "chy-lye" and Avon "ah-von," so what do we know? -s, from RAAAAAH-chi-ster...