The Canadians are taking over the Merrimack Valley?

[Joel S. Berson]

My viewing of the TV news this evening was interrupted by a weather 
alert for flash floods.  Supplementing the scrolling warning, 
describing the dangers in various locations in northeastern 
Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire, was a voice-over that named 
particular towns.  Two were "Bill-rick-a" and "Nash-ooh-a", 
pronounced like A as in NEIGHBOR and WEIGH.

(No especial emphasis on any of the three syllables.)

Although I suppose genuine Canucks don't say "eigh" but rather "eh".

Joel

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