Date:  Wed, 11 Oct 1995 16:53:48 -0500

From:  "Kathleen M. O'Neill" <koneil1[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UIC.EDU>

Subject: Re: Ornery Kathleen



Hey! I resemble that remark. Tee hee.

I suppose there was _some_ ambiguity in Elaine's statement

about the number of syllables in "ornery," but come on. :-)

Funny you should mention that, though...

(Funny strange, not... nevermind.)

All my life I've noticed that some people have a tendency

to pronounce my name with three syllables.

"KATH' uh LEEN''" or somethin'.

But I haven't noticed a regional trend one way or the other.



Kate



>As a general rule, can we say that _ornery_ usually has three

>syllables in the eastern states and two in the west? And that the

>first "r" is pronounced in the east?

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>Likewise, does Kathleen have two syllables in the west and three in

>the east?

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>> I was born in Baltimore, and raised in the Suburbs between Baltimore and

>> D.C.. I say ornery with three syllables like Kathleen, not like her

>> Mother from Baltimore.

>> Elaine Green

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>Tom Uharriet

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