"James Silverton" > wrote in message
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> 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

Again my story about my cousin (d. age 105) who told me that she was born in
Puerto Rico. It was years before I got onto it that it was Puerto Rico, WV.
Another I like and there are many in WV, is Berlin.

But the one I like best is a town in VA,"Rio." Pronounce it Rye-oh.
Dee Dee