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-tur
See:
http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/107629/
But in Massachusetts it is pronounced:
LESS-TAH
See:
http://www.worcestermass.com/pronounce/worcestercounty.shtml#leicester
Not to be confused with the British pronunciation; see:
http://www.howjsay.com/index.php?word=leicester&submit=Submit
And for some incredibly superior British attitude, see:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWKiBW49DaE
And though the above is about herbs I'll just say nuts to the speaker.
PS - I can't compete in Mike P's contest because I have been to the
NYC Houston St.
Can you believe that they left out Katz's delicatessen as one of the
landmarks on Houston Street? What chutzpah!
-Mike Palij
New York University
[email protected]
P.S. We're starting to have a real winter wonderland in NYC.
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