cybercat wrote:
> "James Silverton" <not.jim.silverton.at.comcast.not> wrote in message
> ...
>> kilikini wrote on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 08:30:08 -0500:
>>
>> k> Jessica V. wrote:
>>
>> k> This is going to sound like a silly question, but I have a
>> k> friend from Maine and she pronounces these gems as
>> k> Scahllops. Like an AH sound. Is that how all Mainer's
>> k> pronounce them? I've always pronounced them as Scallops,
>> k> like the letter "a" in at. Is it regional or statewide?
>>
>> That sounds rather Maine but why worry? Regional differences are
>> fascinating. Do you know what are the arsters they catch in the
>> Chesapeake Bay (or maybe used to :-) ?
>>
>
> I say scahlops. I also say scahmpi. Because that is how it is said
> in Italian. I am from Maryland.

This is actually an interesting thread. I didn't know there was another way
to pronounce scampi, either. I just thought it was "scam-pee".

kili