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[Ed Keer]

And what about the pronunciation of "Lebanon baloney"?

Ed

--- Scott Sadowsky <lists at SPANISHTRANSLATOR.ORG>
wrote:
> 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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