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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