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Bruce wrote:
> In article >, sf says...
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>> On Thu, 3 Nov 2016 00:19:21 +0000 (UTC), tert in seattle
>> > wrote:
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>> > Dave Smith wrote:

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>> > > My English born grandmother was from the Nottingham/Sheffield area
>> > > which, according to that map, is where very few people same scone
>> > > rhyming with gone, but that is not how she said it.
>> >
>> > so what?

>>
>> He's saying "tomato - tomahto". If you're in the UK - they'll still
>> know what you're talking about if you pronounce it one or the other.
>> Equate it with the state called Nevada (the correct way) and NeVAHda
>> (completely wrong).

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> It's a Spanish word and Spanish speaking people would disagree with you.


so what?