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[Alex]

Am I alone in liking regional accents for place names? They're an important tool for building a sense of community. If the people of Pecos, New Mexico, or Sequim, Washington, pronounced the town name the way the rest of the country does how would they identify outsiders?

When someone starts expounding on development and management policy for the "will-uh-met" River then we can immediately know to just tune them out.

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Originally Posted by Alex

Am I alone in liking regional accents for place names? They're an important tool for building a sense of community. If the people of Pecos, New Mexico, or Sequim, Washington, pronounced the town name the way the rest of the country does how would they identify outsiders?

When someone starts expounding on development and management policy for the "will-uh-met" River then we can immediately know to just tune them out.

Alex- you have me rolling this morning! I love the commercials on tv when they say they'll be in Oreygone or when developers talk about the will-uh-mettie River and developement that will be great! I love that people mispronounce my city and there's a country by the same name. Also the wonderful phone customer service people that ask if you live in the country or city Lebanon?! Um hello!

After spending the day at the Aquarium with a raft load of homeschoolers. I'm thinking your abortion until age 12 idea might be right on target ,sorry about the smiley Alex i had to