"Felice" > wrote in message
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> "George Leppla" > wrote in message
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>> "cybercat" > wrote in message
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>>> A lady who kept us in Florida gave us Campbell's Soup and "Maynayze"
>>> sandwiches. 
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>> Here in Louisiana I've heard mayonnaise pronounced MY NEZ. Mostly it is
>> a Cajun thing and from what I understand, not as widespread as it used to
>> be, but every once in a while you hear it especially from rural people in
>> the Southern part of the state.
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> The problem is not learning how to pronounce "mayonnaise" but how to
> pronounce "Hellman's".
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Hear hear!