[Ads-l] hypercorrect "El Paso"

W Brewer brewerwa at GMAIL.COM
Tue Aug 6 21:36:39 UTC 2019


El Paso: say [ell PAH-so], not [el PASS-so] (CNN).
Battle of Bataan [butt-'TAHN] ~ [butt-'TAN] (WG 20130116).
Iran-Iraq (mispronunciation displays a fundamental "lack of knowledge and
respect" (BY 2009).)
Zambia [ZOMBIE-uh] ~ [ZAMM-bee-uh] (CNN 20141029)

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