Brazilian Portuguese can be tricky.
The 'R' in Rio is halfway to an 'H'.
On Jan 2, 2014, at 8:33 PM, Carol wrote:
> I live in Orion, Illinois, which is due east of Milan and north of Rio, none
> of which are pronounced correctly. Orion used to be pronounced correctly
> since it was named for th
I live in Orion, Illinois, which is due east of Milan and north of Rio, none of
which are pronounced correctly. Orion used to be pronounced correctly since it
was named for the constellation, but over the years the residents changed it
(it was Deanington before it became Orion). I guess Midweste
House' tun
SoHo is south of it.
On Jan 2, 2014, at 6:42 PM, Mike Palij wrote:
> Okay, I just want to double-check something:
>
> (1) The article that Claudia Stanny linked to on the New Yorker
> website is actually a joke with the punchline "You are from
> Worcester, Massachusetts". It doesn'
On Thu, 02 Jan 2014 17:21:29 -0800, Ken Steele wrote:
To continue the dialect fun, there is a
town/section/greater-metropolitan
whatever/ that is just west of Asheville, NC, that is spelled
Leicester.
You will know the locally-correct pronuciation if you are from
Worcester, MA.
Ken
LESS-
To continue the dialect fun, there is a
town/section/greater-metropolitan whatever/ that is just west of
Asheville, NC, that is spelled Leicester.
You will know the locally-correct pronuciation if you are from
Worcester, MA.
Ken
PS - I can't compete in Mike P's contest because I have bee
Okay, I just want to double-check something:
(1) The article that Claudia Stanny linked to on the New Yorker
website is actually a joke with the punchline "You are from
Worcester, Massachusetts". It doesn't matter how you answered
the questions, Sarah Larson, the author of the article is either
i
"Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)"
Sent: Thursday, January 2, 2014 5:36:56 PM
Subject: [tips] more on dialects and dialect quzzes
OK. This one is low tech and won't let you actually submit your answers.
But it is worth a look anyway.
http://www. newyo
OK. This one is low tech and won't let you actually submit your answers.
But it is worth a look anyway.
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/shouts/2014/01/what-do-yall-yinz-and-
yix-call-stretchy-office-supplies.html?utm_source=tny&utm_campaign=
generalsocial&utm_medium=facebook
Happy New Year,
