Folk Awareness oif Dialect

[Lynne Murphy]

I believe we've discussed the pronunciation of Syracuse on this list
before--should be in the archives.

Lynne

--On Tuesday, December 5, 2000 11:58 am -0500 sagehen <sagehen at SLIC.COM>
wrote:

> The  mention of the Illinois/Ellinois distinction reminds me that a
> similar division takes place up here in Northern NY.  Locals pronounce
> Syracuse with a first syllable rhyming with 'air' while outsiders usually
> pronounce it to  rhyme with 'ear.'  How extensive this local
> pronunciation is, I'm not sure; the natives of Syracuse that I've known
> have all used the 'ear' form, but my sample is not very big.
> A. Murie



M Lynne Murphy
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