To: Tucker39
"Like the county and city in south central PA which furriners pronounce, Lan-cass-ter, eliciting polite snickering from the locals; who have always pronounced it 'Lank-uster'." Lan-cass-ter, New York is pronounced the same as Lan-cass-ter, England and the old bomber of that name.
13 posted on
10/17/2014 2:07:08 AM PDT by
BroJoeK
(a little historical perspective,)
To: BroJoeK
The 2 cities are CONTINENTS APART.
Lank-uster around here.
27 posted on
10/17/2014 10:18:10 AM PDT by
Tucker39
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