>In the States, however, there's no official way of speaking. You may think that NPR would be it, but you can't be sure.
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>I've had a friend from Ohio misunderstanding my mention of "eksit" as "axe it" - I should have said "egzit" for him to understand properly. Then in Pennsylvania I heard them say "eksit"... go figure.
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>I should of stayed with the British pronunciation (which is what is taught in Europe).

Somebody told me that the broadcasting companies used to recruit their radio announcers from a region between Ypsilanti Michigan and Northern Ohio, where American Radio English is widely spoken. It occurs to me that I'm not sure of the proper American Radio English pronounciation of Ypsilanti.