>>>>I still find it amusing that some AHmericans (not AYmericans) pronounce italian as EYEtalian even though the countries are called ITaly (not EYEtaly) and AHmerica (not AYmerica)
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>>>How about those old sea shanty tyope songs where people are "off to Californ-AYE-EH" ? :-)
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>>Terry;
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>>How about our governor? The governor of “Cale-forn-ya”. All school children in “Cale-forn-ya”, must be able to speak like the governor before being allowed to graduate! Is that governor or governator? We love Arnold!
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>>Tom
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>They call him the Governator in the press over here too :-)

We have a popular term which we use to refer to Arnold, but I can't say it in public or on this forum! :)