quest for info/suggestions. re: dialects

[Bonnie Osborn Briggs]

Tell them not to come to Memphis because we pronounce it the same way.

Bonnie Briggs
The University of Memphis

LJT777 at AOL.COM wrote:
>
> Speaking of Americanizations, Atlanta's Ponce de Leon avenue is pronounced by
> locals PONS duh LEEun.  Newcomers to the city who have any background at all
> in Spanish are inevitably appalled.
>
> Linda Tucker
> Kennesaw State University