old pronunciation of "Los Angeles"
Barbara Need
bhneed at GMAIL.COM
Sun Jul 17 19:27:53 UTC 2011
Bugs Bunny used [g]--I think he may be playing either a phone operator
or a train conductor.
Barbara
Barbara Need
Ithaca
On 15 Jul 2011, at 10:02 AM, Joel S. Berson wrote:
> I've heard the /g/ pronunciation occasionally in old movies. I don't
> recall which, nor therefore how old, but I'd guess 1930s to 1940s.
>
> Joel
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