Learn to speak Wisconsin

Mark Mandel thnidu at GMAIL.COM
Mon Sep 10 16:54:50 UTC 2007


Is "myun" meant to rhyme with "moon" or with "fun"? /k@'mju:nIpO/ or
/k@'m^nIpO/?

m a m

On 9/10/07, Paul Johnston <paul.johnston at wmich.edu> wrote:
>
> I say Ka-myun-i-pau (with [o@] at the end like a good North
> Jerseyite), accent on 2nd syllable.  I think I said ka-munn-i-pau
> when I first came to NJ.
>

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