quest for info/suggestions. re: dialects

[Peter Richardson]

I was in Connecticut for much of the time Andreas was there, and I second
her objection. There was a radio ad for the Green-Witch Savings Bank,
though, and I seem to recall that it's in NYC.

Peter R.

--On Mon, Oct 4, 1999 10:03 AM -0700 Andrea Vine <avine at NETSCAPE.COM> wrote:

Thus,
>> Greenwich, England, is [grinwICH] Connecticut, but [grEnICH] Village,
>> New York; and we
>
> I lived in Connecticut for 10 years and never heard anyone say
> [grinwICH].  I have never even been tempted to pronounce it that way.  It
> sounds like some sort of organic sandwich (pronounce [SAENich]) which is
> good for the environment.
>
> Andrea