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Originally Posted by pdurrant
Of course, sometimes one must 'mispronounce' a word, because in a different place, the mispronunciation is the correct pronunciation.
There's a city in England, Warwick, pronounced 'worrick'. There is (or was) a hotel in Denver, CO, the Warwick Hotel, prononced 'wor-wick'.
When I was in Denver, it took me a minute or two before I worked this out and my taxi driver understood where I wanted to go.  |
There's a village in Ohio whose name is pronounced Ver-sales. (hearing the name was like nail on a chalkboard when I lived nearby)