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Old 01-25-2012, 07:25 AM
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Originally Posted by red tail View Post
That's really cool as the grandkids would say. Recently we've been told we do not pronounce certain states correctly........oh well.

Florida should sound like "or" not "are".........which we had always called it.

Ditto for Oregon.....which we said in three syllables. Should be ORE GONE.

Who would have known? Being raised with New Jersey accents with many relatives living in New York City with that type of accent, then living most of our lives in Vermont with it's distinctive Yankee accent.........ayup.....we forgive ourselves.