Train station

[Lynne Murphy]

--On Tuesday, February 6, 2001 11:01 am -0500 Bob Haas
<highbob at MINDSPRING.COM> wrote:

> Does nobody use "depot" anymore?  I always liked that word, especially
> with a strong southern pronunciation--DEE-poh.  Or is that how it's
> pronounced in other US regions?
>
> Lynne, et al, is depot used in the UK or South Africa?

The only time I've heard 'depot' here that I can recall was when I was a
subject in a psych experiment.  One part involved reading a bunch of
uncommon, orthographically unhelpful English words.  "Depot" was one, and
it was an issue because I said "DEE-po", which means she almost marked me
'wrong' for it, because it's pronounced "deh-po" here.  So--I don't think
"DEE-poh" is limited to the south, since I use it.

Lynne

M Lynne Murphy
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School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences
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