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[Scott Sadowsky]

On 6/26/2002 22:38, Dale Coye wrote the following:

>Bible names maintain the schwa-- Solomon, Simeon, Gideon,  except for
>Lebanon (though Lebanon, NY in Madison Co. again shows schwa for older
>speakers).

FWIW, Mt. Lebanon, PA is pronounced ['lEb at nIn] or ['lEb at n@n] by the
natives.  Anything else marks you as an out-of-towner.  The country of
Lebanon is pronounced canonically, as ['lEb at nan].

Cheers,
Scott

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