Woe-Burn
wftn@comcast.net
wftn@comcast.net
Mon Jan 12 18:28:21 EST 2004
Yes, Laurence is right. I am a native New Hampshireite and Kan-ca-maw-gus is right. I even saw Fritz Weatherbee doing a segment on this when he was at Channel 11's Crossorads.
Gary Ford
WFTN-FM
(and WPNH which covers Lincoln near the famous Kan-ca-maw-gus Highway)
> Laurence Glavin wrote:
> >.
> >Some announcer,will say "traffic is backed up at the Kang-ka-MANG-us highway"...
> >it supposed to be "Kan-ca-MAW-gus".
>
> I've lived in N.H. for 32 years, and I've never heard the second
> pronunciation. If no one, even the natives uses it, is it correct?
>
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