Local pronunciations

[Wilson Gray]

Thanks, Grant. That's what I would have expected. But, you never know.

-Wilson

On 10/26/05, Grant Barrett <gbarrett at worldnewyork.org> wrote:
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> On Oct 25, 2005, at 17:04, Wilson Gray wrote:
> > Unfortunately, I've never heard the local pronunciation of Houston,
> > the county seat of Texas County, MO. In East and, perhaps in all of
> > Texas, people say "YEW st at n." I say HYEW st at n, myself.
>
> I met a woman from Texas County, Mo., last week. She pronounced it
> "HYEW-stun."
>
> Grant Barrett
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-Wilson Gray