Train station

Laurence Horn laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Tue Feb 6 04:07:54 UTC 2001


At 11:01 AM -0500 2/6/01, Bob Haas 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?

It's both used and pronounced that way up here in New England too,
but it does have the lavender or camphor aura of quaintness about it.
There are towns with names like "Washington Depot" in Connecticut and
I imagine in other Northern states.

larry



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