In article >,
"JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote:

> "Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
> ...
> > In article >,
> > "JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote:
> >
> >> "Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
> >> ...
> >> > In article >,
> >> > "JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Any fisherpersons in your circle of acquaintances? If so, how do they
> >> >> pronounce this fish:
> >> >>
> >> >> crappie
> >> >>
> >> >> Do they turn it into "croppie", to avoid the bad word that will bring
> >> >> sin
> >> >> and destruction upon their houses?
> >> >
> >> > No, we say "croppie" because that's the correct way to pronounce it.
> >> > "-)
> >> > --
> >> > -Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
> >>
> >>
> >> Absurd. You say it that way out of some fake sense of propriety. If you
> >> pronounced "map" like "mop", any good English teacher would beat you with
> >> a
> >> ruler, and be totally justified in doing so.
> >
> > Nah, I said it that way out of some true sense of whimsy and poking fun.
> >
> > Curiousity question: What do you do when you visit towns or cities
> > where the name of the city or town isn't pronounced correctly; i.e., the
> > way it is elsewhere? I'm not saying this well. What I'm thinking of
> > are the communities of Lima, Ohio and New Prague, Minnesota. I don't
> > know what the Ohioans would say if you said LEEma, but the folks in New
> > Prague would know you don't know if you said New PRAHgue ‹ or Novy
> > Praha. "-) But they probably wouldn't correct you. On second thought,
> > they probably *would* correct you. Are you going to tell them they're
> > wrong?
> >
> > How right do you want to be? Isn't "fisherpersons" redundant?
> >
> > (Ducks, runs, and goes back to the kettles and jars.)
>
>
> How do locals pronounce New Prague?

Whoops, I left that out. They say New PRAYgue.
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-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
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