>>>>>>>>'Course, Austin is also the place that has Manchacha Street (Man-chack) - but the hamlet of Manchacha is Man-cha-ka, Guadalupe Street (Guadloop), Burnet Road (burn-it) and the town of Manor (Mayner) down the road.
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>>>>>>>And, don't forget Pedernales (Perdenalis) river.
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>>>>>>This reminds me of two oddities I remember from Virginia: Stanton (Staunton) and Fredgeburg (Fredericksburg).
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>>>>>There is a British surname Featherstonhaugh (Fanshaw). There is also a town in England by that name.
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>>>>I stuck my foot in my mouth buying a ticket in the London Underground when I said I wanted a fare to Leicester Square, pronouncing it Lie-chest-er. "Generally we pronounce it Lester," the agent said drily.
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>>>And Cholmondeley is pronounced chumley. Strange folks those British. On the other hand, you guys south of us pronounce "colonel" as kernel. Where's the 'r'? Admittedly we to too, often.
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>>We had a neighbor from Boston, when I was a kid in San Francisco. He liked to say things like: "I am going to paak my caa near the baa and get a bah el of beea" or, as I would say it, "I am going to park my car near the bar and get a bottle of beer". We are a nation seperated by language.
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>>English and Spanish speaking countries have similar problems, which I know personally. All the locals seem to like to add things to any language and corrupt the original version! But then how "pure is the original"? :)
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>The 'original' probably consists of a few grunts and some pointing.

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