On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 08:30:08 -0500, "kilikini"
> wrote:

>This is going to sound like a silly question, but I have a friend from Maine
>and she pronounces these gems as Scahllops. Like an AH sound. Is that how
>all Mainer's pronounce them? I've always pronounced them as Scallops, like
>the letter "a" in at. Is it regional or statewide?

I pronounce them like your friend does, and I'm a native Californian.

TammyM