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?

Ha! In English English (as in the "Queen's English" or "received
pronunciation") the word is pronounced "skohlopps", with a short "oh"
sound.

Victor