"Bruce" wrote in message
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In article >, sf says...
>
> On Sat, 05 Nov 2016 03:30:00 -0700, Leonard Blaisdell
> > wrote:
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> > In article >, Ophelia
> > > wrote:
> >
> > > But why does it annoy you so much? I don't care how people pronounce
> > > things
> > > so long as I can understand what they mean.
> >
> > I don't know why. It's illogical but it's a fact. There's only one way
> > to properly pronounce my State.
>
> Yet they get their knickers in a twist when Americans mix up United
> Kingdom, Great Britain, and British Isles.

Are you comparing getting the name of an entire country wrong to
pronouncing the name of a fly-over state differently? (With all due
respect to fly-over people.)

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I have explained the difference many times if they ask, but I don't care if
they get it right or wrong .... why would I ?? )

Don't you love when they make things up to appear downtrodden ??? LOL It
matters not a jot to me)))

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