accent or mispronounciation? (was RE: [thechat]Chile'stennisfighting for the medals)

javier velasco lists at mantruc.com
Tue Aug 24 08:20:37 CDT 2004


Luther, Ron wrote:

>Sabrina Dent noted:
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>>>That would be Raphaels Park to you and me. I got *laughed at* when I
>>>read the sign correctly, and pronounced it locally ever after.
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>Yup. I used to live close to Kuykendahl Road. (Locally pronounced 
>'Kirk-n-doll' although I still haven't figgered out where that 'r' 
>comes from.) And the city of Humble, Texas has a silent 'H'.
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Hey, I recently worked with a teacher named Kuykendall, and he would 
anwser the phone: "Kirk-n-dahl speaking "... I never understood where 
that r came from either.

curious...



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