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Misskittycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-25-07 07:56 PM
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Can someone please tell CNN how to pronounce "Poway" CA?
They've been there for days, and I just heard both John King and Elizabeth Cohen mispronouncing the name of the town. The "Pow" part of the name rhymes with "now." They continue to call it "POH-WAY"
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Sukie1941 Donating Member (463 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-25-07 08:04 PM
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1. CNN and others based on east coast do this all the time
with western place names.

One that I hear often is Spokane = Spo-cane as in sugar cane, rather than Spo-can as in coffee can.

Then, of course, there is Ora-gone for Orygun (which itself doesn't go with the spelling, but that is how WE in Orygun want it!)

But we love you, east coasters!
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uppityperson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-25-07 08:05 PM
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2. sal-mon
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Sukie1941 Donating Member (463 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 12:02 AM
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3. Warsh-ington
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Bicoastal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 12:04 AM
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4. Like eatin' a big ol' Po-Boy?
Yeesh. CNN, yer Atlanta roots are showing.
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 12:04 AM
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5. Can you also tell them that there is no such city as Santiago Canyon, CA
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 12:05 AM
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6. Pow! Ay (think Fonzie)
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