On 10 Aug 2007 17:32:28 GMT, Blinky the Shark >
wrote:

>Dee Dee wrote:
>>
>> "James Silverton" > wrote in message
>> 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
>>
>> 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.
>
>ver-sails IN (Versailles)
>
>buh-GO-duh TX (Bogota)

New MAD-rid MO (Madrid)