quest for info/suggestions. re: dialects

[Donald M. Lance]

It's interesting that whenever purists want to "put down" the
Americanization of French-origin place names they cite Versailles.

Why don't they complain about the American pronunciation of 'Paris'? (no
response needed)

DMLance

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>From: Beverly Flanigan <flanigan at OAK.CATS.OHIOU.EDU>
...>Date: Sun, Oct 3, 1999, 5:55 PM
>
>I am aware of the American pronunciation of Versailles; there's also one in
>Indiana and one in Ohio.  But--since these cities aren't in France, why
>should they be pronounced in French?
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>At 06:41 PM 10/2/99 -0500, you wrote:
>>In Kentucky the correct pronunciation is verr-sales--no one would recognize
>>the French unless you found someone who had studied French.
...
>>From: Beverly Flanigan <flanigan at OAK.CATS.OHIOU.EDU>
...
>>> Sorry--I don't get the joke.  Why Versailles as opposed to somewhere else?
>>>
>>> At 09:39 AM 10/2/99 -0500, you wrote:
>>> >Send them on an errand to Versailles, KY--they'll never be heard from
>>again.