mark by hand (was: the curious phonology of Wisconsin)

[Ed Keer]

What, no Iron City?


--- "Douglas G. Wilson" <douglas at NB.NET> wrote:

> >If that's the Penn. version, it wouldn't help with
> the spelling,
> >which is Yuengling.  Whether it would help with the
> pronunciation
> >depends on how Fritz renders his "Juengling"; the
> beer is pronounced
> >"Ying-Ling", which has always reminded me of one of
> the offshoots of
> >the panda family.
>
> I drink Yuengling Lager 'all the time'. "Yingling"
> does seem to be the most
> common pronunciation around here (Pittsburgh),
> although I never had any
> trouble wiith "Yuengling" [with the umlaut] either,
> and some people around
> here say "Yoongling" or "Yewngling" or so. The
> nickname (which seems to be
> universally recognized) is of course "Ying Yang".
> Another popular brand
> around here is Milwaukee's Best [made by Miller],
> nicknamed "Beast".
>
> -- Doug Wilson
>

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