reservoir.

[Beverly Flanigan]

I can't tell where you're from, Anne--clue us in!

At 06:54 PM 4/17/01 -0700, you wrote:
>Benjamin:
>
> > I definitely hear wah in voir dire, boudoir, film noir savoir faire
> > and memoir. This could just be limited to my family, though. (Here
> > in Seattle for about 100 years).
>
>I guess the pronunciation(at least in this part of the country --- can't
>speak for any other region)depends on whether you want to appear educated
>and "knowledgeable", or sound like a "local".  You have to remember that
>there are still people who consider anything west of the Mississippi to be
>somehow "provincial", and therefore not to be imitated.
>Anne g


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