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thnidu	Folklore: Local place names - local pronunciation (122* d)	RE: Folklore: Local place names - local pronunciation	18 May 15
Someone way upthread wrote «It's not "MISS-ur-ee" but "MISS-ur-ah."» But it's neither of those. It's "miz-OOR-uh" /mɨˈzʊrə/ locally, and often "miz-OOR-ee" /mɨˈzʊri/ elsewhere. Rapparee, you just barely beat me to it, but I somewhat disagree. AFAIK, Baltimore, Maryland is locally "BALLmer" /ˈbɔlmɚ/ — just two syllables) — in, I think, "MERRilind" /ˈmɛrəlɨnd/. And New York, where I grew up, is "noo YAWK" /nuˈjɔk/ if you're R-less, but I'm R-ful (that's what my sister always tells me) and "noo YORK" /nuˈjɔɹk/ is also OK. * arrhotic, rhotic

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