[Ads-l] The "ei" letter string

[Tom Zurinskas]

A Tropicana storm just passed through the Florida town of "Steinhatchee",  They pronounced it ~Steenhachee.  I'm used to pronouncing "Stein" as ~Stien".  But I'm no ~Eensteen .


Tom Zurinskas,
Originally SWConn 20 yrs,  college Tenn 3,  work NJ  33,  now FL 14.
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