Train station

[Victoria Neufeldt]

I've heard only 'DEE-po' both for Home Depot and for the local bus depot (at
least, I grew up calling it the bus depot, but don't know if that's changed
in recent years).  'DEH-po' doesn't sound strange to me, but I can't say
where or in what context I've heard it.

Victoria

Victoria Neufeldt
1533 Early Drive
Saskatoon, Sask.
S7H 3K1
Canada




> -----Original Message-----
> From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU]On Behalf
> Of Lynne Murphy
> Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 5:25 AM
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: Re: Train station
>
>
> --On Tuesday, February 6, 2001 5:21 pm +0800 Laurence Horn
> <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU> wrote:
>
> > As my son was just pointing to me after reading these messages,
> > "depot" is alive and well for anyone in hailing distance of a "Home
> > Depot" store.  Does the chain extend to the U.K., and if so, is it
> > called "Home DEH-po" there?
> >
> > larry
>
> No Home Depot here.  They do have them in Canada--are they 'DEH-po' there?
>
>
> M Lynne Murphy
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