Square from Delaware, etc

[Laurence Horn]

At 8:36 PM -0300 9/4/08, David A. Daniel wrote:
>Mebbe wrong, but I don't think the pronunciation of Spokane is the issue; I
>think it is the meaning of "lane" if any(thing special other than "street")
>DAD

That would surprise me.  Seems like a spelling pronunciation of
"Spokane" would be a lot more likely than an anti-spelling
pronunciation of "lane" (as /laen/).  Is there any evidence for the
latter?  We've already seen that there are speakers who pronounce
"Spokane" to rhyme with, er, "mane".

LH

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>Laurence Horn
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>At 1:16 PM -0700 9/4/08, Brian Hitchcock wrote:
>>Re the below:  What sense is "lane" being used in, that rhymes with
>>"Spokane"? (ie, with  "man", "can", etc)?
>
>I gather it's the "Spokane" that's pronounced in a weird way
>(/spokeyn/), not the "lane".
>
>LH
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>>1939 _New York Amsterdam News_ [Dan Burley's "Backdoor Stuff"] 27 May
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>>20/1 "Lawd! I'm a square from Delaware, a Lane from Spokane, a killer
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>>from Manila and a Home from Rome," Allen Drew beats out.
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