To: Paine in the Neck
In Asheville, North Carolina, where Leicester is a suburb, I noticed a dual population. One group pronounced Leicester properly, and the other pronounced it "Lee Sesster".
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03/15/2015 6:09:25 AM PDT by
Savage Beast
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To: Savage Beast
In Asheville, North Carolina, where Leicester is a suburb, I noticed a dual population. One group pronounced Leicester properly, and the other pronounced it "Lee Sesster".Incomers often take over the pronunciation of a place. In NH, there is the Kancamagus Highway. The oldtimers say "kank a maw gus". The incomers and tourists insist on "kank a mang gus". That long A in Kancamagus that gives the "maw" syllable also appears in the Saco River, pronounced "saw ko". More and more, in recent years I'v heard "say ko".
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