tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post310371211302580229..comments2024-01-05T12:03:52.460-05:00Comments on No Lawyers - Only Guns and Money: Some Humor To Start Your Monday MorningJohn Richardsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03151468462458613615noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-85030717341492080272019-03-30T23:32:37.987-04:002019-03-30T23:32:37.987-04:00North Carolina may have the largest concentration ...North Carolina may have the largest concentration of words pronounced differently from how they are spelled outside the UK, but other states have, if not their share, a modest number. New Madrid, MO, Cairo, IL, Del Norte County, California and the main thoroughfare in Los Angeles, Sepulveda Blvd. <br />New MAD'rid, CAY'ro, Del NORT, and Se PUL' ve da, so you can sound like a native. <br />As Tam from "View from the porch" said, English doesn't borrow words from other languages, it coshes them in a dark alley and rifles through the pockets to take any half-way useful words. Proper pronunciation be damned. Windy Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01951254236693386401noreply@blogger.com