On Thu, 18 Dec 2003, Harold Owen wrote:
> I know that "Glo-ster" ("Glouchestershire") is in a song. Anyone know
> a song with "Bal-muh" ("Baltimore") in it? No need for apostrophes
> there.
How about Worcester, Massachusetts. (Pronounced--as nearly as I can
tell--by natives as w[schwa]s-t[schwa] ... where the {schwa] sound is the
sound used when pronouncing various "short" vowels in unaccented (U.S.)
English syllables. Has anyone seen Worcester in a song? How was it spelled
...?
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Weldon Whipple
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