Originally Posted by
Steve Ashton
Yea, I know how it should be pronounced. That is why I pointed out that in common verbal usage the emphasis was on the La.
All the locals pronounced it that way.
Two "aye"s for emphasizing the unexpected truth. For example,
1. Cairo in Egypt is ki'-row, in Illinois is ka'-row;
2. the noun Quixote is kee-hoe'-tay but the adjective quixotic is kwix-ah'-tik.
The English language, wherever spoken, is indeed marvelous.
"No man is genuinely happy, married, who has to drink worse whiskey than he used to drink when he was single." ---- H. L. Mencken
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