In my youth, in Minnesota, an acquaintance worked in the summer at the city's swimming pool.

When he answered the phone there, His greeting was "MYOON-i-sip-l SWIM-ing hole!" With the emphasized syllables at a higher pitch, and the last word lower than the "ing". That is, he answered that way,

I guess that's thread creep, but something above brought it to mind.

Dave Oesterreich