[Ads-l] how to say "Carnegie"

[Paul A Johnston]

True, Tom.


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There's a bit in "60 Minutes" about Andrew Carnegie, the kid from Scotland =
who came to US in 1835 at 13 and became twice as rich as Bill Gates is now.=
   They said his name should have stress on the second syllable not the fir=
st.  Car-NAY-gee  ~Kaarnnaegee , which is less easy to say.

Tom Zurinskas,
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