Los Angeles

[Brenda Lester]

While at USC, Bolinger,
according to his son, headed a special committee appointed by then-Mayor
 Fletcher Bowron to decide the correct pronunciation of  Los Angeles. Bolinger concluded that the common English accent and pronunciation were best, rather than Spanish.

brenda lesterrhinebeck,ny

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