[BC] Pronouncing 'Illinois"

[Mike McCarthy]

Yes, that is accurate.  And different from Missouri where the common wisdom 
is to say "Mizzoureee".  I was abruptly corrected by some locals in 
Hannibal while there working to the correct pronunciation.  It's "Mizzoura"

MM

At 07:33 AM 12/21/2005 -0600, Frederick W. Seibold wrote
>At 07:04 PM 12/20/05 -0800, you wrote:
>>And I still don't know if the "s" in
>>Illinois is supposed to be silent or not!
>
>Silent, unlike the "s" in Merry Christmas!!!
>
>Fred W9FWS
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