Woe-Burn

[Dan Strassberg]

So which is it? Laurence says MAW. Approximately half a dozen people
responded (in effect), "Huh? You must be nuts. It's MAN." The message to
which I am responding suggests that MAW is, in fact, correct. BUT, maybe the
writer didn't express his thoughts unambiguously. Will somebody please put
this issue to rest once and for all?

--
Dan Strassberg, dan.strassberg@att.net
eFax 707-215-6367

----- Original Message -----
From: Cooper Fox <fox893@yahoo.com>
To: <lglavin@lycos.com>; <bri@bostonradio.org>; Chris Beckwith
<beckwith@ime.net>
Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 6:14 AM
Subject: Re: Woe-Burn


> > One of my pet peeves occurs during the fall-foliage
> > season.
> > Some announcer, perhaps even a native Noo Englanduh
> > will say "traffic is backed up at the
> > Kang-ka-MANG-us highway"...
> > it supposed to be "Kan-ca-MAW-gus".
>
> I learned that one that hard way when I moved to this
> area.  People are extremely touchy about it, too.  I
> have, on a regular basis, seen service people correct
> tourists who miss-pronounce the name of the Kanc.
>
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