Date:  Thu, 13 Nov 1997 09:17:38 +0000
From:  David Bergdahl <bergdahl[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]OAK.CATS.OHIOU.EDU>
Subject: Re: St. Lewis

Respelling a city's name to accommodate pronunciation can sometimes
backfire. Wooster, Ohio is named for <Worchester> or <Worcester> and
older speakers say [wUs] for the first syllable but younger ones say
[wus], perhaps prompted by the the more common pronunciation of the {OO}
spelling to tense the vowel.
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