was: Re: [thechat] toronto phoons

cspruck at mindspring.com cspruck at mindspring.com
Tue Apr 23 12:43:01 CDT 2002


On Tue, 23 Apr 2002 18:05:59 +0100 Martin <martin at members.evolt.org> wrote:

>> Cairo, Kentucky(?) is pronounced Kay-Row (2 stressed syllables), not
>> Kye-ro
> Illinois...

uh, ok. I had memories[1] of it being in the south, but never mind.
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There is a Cairo, Georgia (pronounced Kay-Row), where there's a major processing plant for Kayro Syrup (also pronounced Kay-Row). Although I'm from Ett-lanna (with a nearly silent second t), I've actually been to Cairo, since an old cycling buddy of mine was from there.

Chris (pronounced kris, like the traditional Malay dagger - http://shop.store.yahoo.com/malaysiastall/kermaldag.html)



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