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Thread #66488   Message #1180635
Posted By: s&r
07-May-04 - 05:26 PM
Thread Name: BS: Pronounciation
Subject: RE: BS: Pronounciation
Place names are often pronounced differently by non-natives. What English speaker says 'Paree'(Paris) except jocularly?

What's correct for Iraq? What happened to Peking?

How many people say Nescafeh and Nestlehs?

Why do newspapers persist in printing 'up' as said in the North of England as 'oop'?

Vive les differences

Stu