You know you're from Rochester, NY when...

[Tom Kysilko]

I'm from MN too, but I knew the Jack Benny Show character before the city,
and before I could spell very well.  At that time I thought it would be
spelled "Rodchester".

At 04:40 PM 2/23/2001 -0500, Beverly Flanigan wrote:
>At 03:02 PM 2/23/01 -0600, you wrote:
>>I'm not far from the other Rochester, the one in Minnesota. Hereabouts,
>>there is no set pronunciation. Rock-chester, Raw-chester, and
>>Rot-chester/Rotch-ester are all current.
>>
>>As I recall Eddy "Rochester" Anderson and Jack Benny, did it 'rock'
>
>I'm from Minnesota too, and I don't recall having ever heard a non-rhotic
>pronunciation of the home of the Mayo Clinic (nor do you have one in your
>list).  Rock-chester too is entirely new to me--who says this?
>
>I also grew up with the Jack Benny show, and I really don't recall a
>Rock-chester pronunciation--nor do I see it as the "usual" AmE pronunciation.



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