Re: SPURIA Pronunciation
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- Subject: Re: SPURIA Pronunciation
- From: "* A* M* <w*@Ra.MsState.Edu>
- Date: Mon, 11 Aug 1997 12:58:12 -0600 (MDT)
On Mon, 11 Aug 1997 lynn.woosley@juno.com wrote:
>
> On Mon, 4 Aug 1997 20:07:05 -0600 (MDT) "Jeff and Carolyn Walters"
> <cwalters@cache.net> writes:
>
> >Right on, Lynn! There is no equivalent to the *Queen's* English on
> >this
> >side of the pond.
> >Jeff Walters in northern Utah (USDA Zone 4, Sunset Zone 2)
> >cwalters@cache.net
> >"This is the Place" - where TV news anchors are sent to learn how to
> >speak
> >because we have no regional mannerisms (except "ignurnt")
> >
> >
> I have been told by linguist friends, however, that southern English is
> the "closest to the queen's own." Not that this means we are any easier
> to understand, however.
>
> Lynn Woosley
> Marietta, GA
> USDA Zone 8
>
Couldn't resist this! When the Waco thing first hit the news,
broadcast journalists (?) were saying "Wacko."
The Yocona River is dammed up to form Enid Lake, where I live, and
I live on the Yocona Ridge Road; however, it is not pronounced like one
would think. It is Yock-knee, so the locals say! Walter in MS
