[thechat] Odd Ball Sports

[Martin Burns]

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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