[thechat] Odd Ball Sports
Martin Burns
martin at easyweb.co.uk
Fri Dec 1 10:42:07 CST 2006
On Fri, 1 Dec 2006 09:04:21 -0600, "Luther, Ron" wrote:
> RonL.
>
> (Who once knew a philologist who nearly injured some locals in Kentucky
> for mispronouncing the name of their very own town! Yup! Pity the
> fools living in 'Ver-SAY-Lees' Kentucky!)
See also CAY-row, GA (as reported by Bill Bryson).
Cheers
Martin
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