old pronunciation of "Los Angeles"

[Jonathan Lighter]

That's right!

I'm switchin'!

JL

On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 3:27 PM, Barbara Need <bhneed at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Bugs Bunny used [g]--I think he may be playing either a phone operator
> or a train conductor.
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> Barbara
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> Barbara Need
> Ithaca
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> On 15 Jul 2011, at 10:02 AM, Joel S. Berson wrote:
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> > 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.
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> > Joel
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