Date:  Thu, 22 Feb 1996 16:15:09 -0600

From:  Miriam Meyers <mmeyers[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MSUS1.MSUS.EDU>

Subject: Re: Monkey Wards and Kame-apart -Reply



Fritz Juengling St. Paul MN of St. Paul writes,



>On Tue, 13 Feb 1996, Miriam Meyers wrote:

>

>> We use the 'French' pronunciation of Target here in Minnesota

>

>We do?

>

>The first time I heard anyone say `tar-zhay' was the day before

>yesterday. But the speaker is visiting from Maine and gives a French

>pronunciation of her own family name, where her son gives an American

>pronunciation. So, I thought, after I figured out what in the world she

>was talking about, that she had gone to 'Target' and was giving some odd

>pronunciation just to be funny.

>Since Target is such a high-class place to shop, I go there all the

>time. I have ever heard any of the employees not advertisements refer to

>it by any other name than 'Target.'



Okay. Some Minnesotans don't, obviously. I can say with certainty that I

have been hearing this for at least 15 years in Minnesota, from a variety

of people.



Miriam Meyers

Metropolitan State University

mmeyers[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]msus1.msus.edu