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[at-l] local names



>And do not even attempt to pronounce any town in MA phonetically.
>They almost all have British pronunciations, e.g. Leominister is
>lemster.

Hmm.  Dalton, Lee, North Adams, Sheffield, Great Barrington...
what's the problem? :-)

 -- Raccoon --
(who did get some funny looks when trying to pronounce "Tyringham,"
however -- and I lived in Western Mass for four years!)



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