kerry wrote:

> Huh???  I was trying to keep up with this, but now
> I'm stumped.  Here in WisCONsin, Lori, gory, glory
> and sorry all rhyme!

I always thought it was Wi-SCON-sin!  : )

As for the pronunciation of "sorry," just about
everywhere in the U.S. -- EXCEPT for Wisconsin -- it's
pronounced SAR-re, where the first syllable rhymes
with car and the second syllable has what sounds like
a long "e."

Colin wrote:

> No way! That is how an American would say it. how on
> earth gory, glory and sorry can rhyme I have no
> clue! Sorry has a short o and gory/glory a long.

And I would still pronounce "lorry" as I do my first
name, which rhymes with glory.

Lori
in DC, wondering where Wally's questionnaire is???
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