"James Silverton" > wrote in news:0B_ui.4
$Ns6.2@trnddc01:

> hahabogus wrote on Fri, 10 Aug 2007 14:19:55 GMT:
>
> ??>> How do locals pronounce New Prague?
> ??>>
> h> The way it is supposed to be said. Why would the locals
> h> pronounce it wrong? P.S. If you hear New Pittsburg you are
> h> in the wrong town.
>
> If you are going to be in a town and want to avoid argument, you
> might pronounce the name like the locals. Watch out for Des
> Moines, Cairo IL and GA, Pierre SD etc.:-)
>
> James Silverton
> Potomac, Maryland
>
> E-mail, with obvious alterations:
> not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not
>
>

since I grasp the concept of foriegn language names those names do not
throw me for a loop.

The concept you can spell a name Smith and pronounce it BugleAndDrumCorps
is not outside my comprehension....English isn't the most commonly spoken
language on the planet. AFAIK Mandrin is. So how's your chinese
pronunciation?

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