Date:    Wed, 13 May 1998 17:22:35 -0400
<br>From:    Beverly Flanigan <flanigan[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]OAK.CATS.OHIOU.EDU>
<br>Subject: nativisms
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<br>>And then there's Peru, IN [pe ru], stress on first syllable; Chile, IN
<br>>[chai li]; Brazil, IN [brae z[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]l], stress on first; Cairo, IL [ke ro];
<br>>Milan, MN [mai l[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]n], stress on first; Bellefontaine, OH, semi-calqued to
<br>>'Bellefountain'....
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<br>>>>Shifting the topic 180 degrees, going the opposite direction on a parallel
<br>>>>track from the one we've been on:
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<br>>>>The little town of Vienna, Missouri, is still prounounced [vai-En[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]] or
<br>>>>[vai-in[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]] or [vai-ini] by old-timers, so I've been told.  And I've heard
<br>>>>the first one myself.  Gloss: [AT SYMBOL GOES HERE] = schwa, the rest in somewhat standard IPA.
<br>>>>A side note: I grew up hearing neighbors talk of the canned little sausages
<br>>>>as vie-eena sassidges.  Are Americanizations inherently better or more
<br>>>>euphonious.  Depends on who's passing judgment.
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<br>>>>DMLance
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