[BC] Local pronunciations

[Brian Urban]

Manor is MAY-nor
Mueller is Miller

And so it goes in Austin, TX





On 12/21/05 10:10 AM, "Mike McCarthy" <Towers at mre.com> wrote:

> In SO. IL.
> 
> Cairo is pronounced "KAY-ro"
> Eldorado is  "Eldor-AY-do"
> 
> There are a few others, but those are the most commonly known. Mispronounce
> them and you get a very big grin from the locals as they change the prices
> on things you are buying...
> 
> MM
> 
> At 08:21 AM 12/21/2005 -0700, Sid Schweiger wrote
>>>>> It is always amusing when an air personality enters a market and
>>> mis-pronounces local place-names. At X-Star's station in Rogers City,
>> 
>>> Michigan, with many Polish and Indigenous place names, there was a
>>> pronunciation guide, and it was absolutely necessary.
> 
> SNIP...
> 
> 
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