Re: Laserlight's FT Lite

Bad news, we agree about Kay-row.

But then French or German words spoken in Saint Louis borders on
linguistics genocide...

Lemay - Despite the well know USAF general - Lee-May
44 - Farty Far
Spoede - Spade-e
Gravois - Grav-voy

But you should hear them try Spanish...

Roll your "r's" with an Umlat (spelling is optional in California where
I
grew up...) and you get the idea...

Gracias,
Glenn

On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 18:31:07 -0600 Doug Evans <devans@nebraska.edu>
writes:
>
>
>
>
>Hey, it's not always the fault of us hicks.
>
>There's a sign in Nebraska that says 'Welcome to Norfolk'. However, 
>about
>half the population currently sez North Fork. That was the original
>spelling as well as pronunciation, but a bureaucrat in the US Postal
>Service changed the name; that was possible once upon... Not that 
>every
>edict from Washington goes down well on the plains...
>
>Oh, and next time you're travelling down the Mississippi River, ask 
>the
>folks of Cairo, MO, how to say their name. We've got one in NE, and is
>KAY-row.
>
>Strangely enough, my experience is that Norfolk, of the eastern US, 
>though
>I can't speak for the UK, is 'Nah-fuk'.
>
>The_Beast
>
>

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