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  • Re: Weird Midwest city pronunciations

    From Gary Williams@21:1/5 to Matthew A. Walcoff on Thu Feb 16 09:02:31 2023
    On Friday, July 17, 1998 at 2:00:00 AM UTC-5, Matthew A. Walcoff wrote:
    Why is it that the Midwest has all kind of cities and towns named after places elsewhere in the world but always pronounces them funny? For
    example:
    Lima (LEE-mah), Ohio
    East Palestine (PAL-a-steen), Ohio
    Cairo (KAY-ro), Illinois
    Peru (PEE-ru), Indiana
    New Madrid (MA-drid), Missouri
    Matt
    Matt:
    it is LIE mah Ohio and LEE mah Peru

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  • From Kenny McCormack@21:1/5 to gwwilli389@gmail.com on Fri Feb 17 00:13:13 2023
    In article <c27b0887-ecee-4359-b308-9349eab54af6n@googlegroups.com>,
    Gary Williams <gwwilli389@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Friday, July 17, 1998 at 2:00:00 AM UTC-5, Matthew A. Walcoff wrote:
    Why is it that the Midwest has all kind of cities and towns named after
    places elsewhere in the world but always pronounces them funny? For
    example:
    Lima (LEE-mah), Ohio
    East Palestine (PAL-a-steen), Ohio
    Cairo (KAY-ro), Illinois
    Peru (PEE-ru), Indiana
    New Madrid (MA-drid), Missouri
    Matt
    Matt:
    it is LIE mah Ohio and LEE mah Peru

    So, the beans must come from Ohio, right?

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