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[MULLINS, WILLIAM D (Bill) CIV USARMY RDECOM AMRDEC (US)]

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> Cf. the common local pronunciation of "Maryville," Tenn., as "Mare-vull."
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> A three-syllable pronunciation (usually as "Mare-uh-vull") is also heard, and it's sometimes hard to tell which has been said.

And (going off on a tangent), 150 miles SW is Fayetteville TN, pronounced "Fettvull".


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