On 11/19/20 3:56 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > How many are aware that the capital of South Dakota, "PIERRE" is > pronounced by the locals "PEER"? > > > Is the "correct" pronunciation the dominant local one?
That's the way I learned it. Other US cities: Valparaiso (IN) Edinburgh (IN) Cairo (IL) Des Plaines (IL) Creve Coeur, (MO) (That's "Creeve Core" to you, thank you) etc. etc. One of the strangest US situations is the pronunciation of the Arkansas river. In Kansas and eastern Colorado, it's said the way that it's spelled, with the final "s". Go further downstream into Oklahoma and central Colorado and the state of Arkansas, it's "Arkansaw". I won't delve into the geographical names of the Welsh tract in Pennsylvania... --Chuck
