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Thread #160416   Message #3805408
Posted By: Mo the caller
16-Aug-16 - 02:43 PM
Thread Name: How Do You Pronounce 'Kumbaya'?
Subject: RE: How Do You Pronounce 'Kumbaya'?
None of that answers the 'regional variation' part of the question.
I agree "COME or CUM-BY-YAH". I'm originally from London, but probably learnt it in the 60s when I lived in the North of England. Potteries, then Tees-side then Cheshire. Probably Tees-side.