Pronounciations

[Paul B. Walker, Jr.]

Or how about this one from Bostonradio.org .. an audio clip of "900 WMVU
Nashwah"

http://audio.bostonradio.org/bd4bf17e-b439-11d8-9fd3-00904703287b.ogg

Paul


On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 6:09 PM, Gary's Ice Cream <gary@garysicecream.com>wrote:

> Or how about Place-tough..........
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> Or the famous Gold Bold commercial (still running) that talks about a
> letter from a customer in Hav-HER-hill, Massachusetts.  Pretty sad
> considering that Gold Bond's home offices are IN Massachusetts.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: boston-radio-interest-bounces@lists.BostonRadio.org [mailto:
> boston-radio-interest-bounces@lists.BostonRadio.org] On Behalf Of Bill
> O'Neill
> Sent: Monday, September 02, 2013 3:46 PM
> To: Paul B. Walker, Jr.; Boston Radio Group
> Subject: Re: Pronounciations
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> How about even some locals who've trashed the pronunciation of some
> Merrimack Valley towns.
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> Tewksbury: tooks'-bree or bury (where the tooks was spoken like took with
> an s) It's often mangled with tooks to sound like a the Canadian winter cap.
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> Chelmsford. It's common knowledge that it's pronounced with or without the
> L, and can handle an added P to yield, Chemps'-fid. Or Chemz'-fid. Or
> Chelmz'-fid (The latter if you own a pool. Or poodle. Or both.)
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> Billerica. burr-ik'-a. Or brik'-a. Or even bil-rik'-a. Never 4 syllables.
> Unless it's time to call a cab.
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> Lowell. Lole. Period. One syllable. If you have to add a syllable, make
> sure the jingle singers punch them both evenly.
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> Tyngsboro / Tyngsborough. They can't even agree on spelling let alone how
> to say it. Before the McMansions hit town (and neighboring Dunstable or
> Groton) it really didn't matter anyway.  Most agree it's two syllables and
> tingz'-bro.
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> Westford. There is no ford in it. It's west'-fid.
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> I'm sure inside every mahbl-HEAD' there are more.
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> Bill O'Neill
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> "Paul B. Walker, Jr." <walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com> wrote:
> >A friend and i were listening to a radio station online and referred to
> >it as the "Douche Bank" instead of "Deutsche Bank" 2013 Gold
> >Championship.
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> >Now, I half expect that from Djs who are new and just starting on a
> >local station.. local names of people or towns can be hard to say right
> >without a little practice.
> >
> >That being said, I've mis pronounced stuff before... My first day on
> >the air at KNLV Ord, Nebraska.. I mis pronounced Chadron and Saint
> >Libory...
> >you'd think those would be easy.. nope.. not for this "douche" LOL
> >
> >I pronounced Chadron as Chad-ron as any moron would do. NOPE! It's
> >Shad-run.
> >
> >I pronounced Saint Libory as Saint Lib-er-ee. NOPE! It's Saint
> >Luh-bore-ee.
> >
> >Just a rant/laugh for the day :)
> >
> >Paul
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