Chris Adams wrote:   
      
   > Once upon a time, Amy Guskin   said:   
   >>>> On Sat, 6 Nov 2010 22:32:52 -0400, Chris Adams wrote   
   >>(in article <_MSdnSb2du9JkkvRnZ2dnUVZ_t2dnZ2d@posted.hiwaay2>):   
   >>> At least Florida and Australia are on opposite sides of the world.   
   >>> Beaufort is pronounced differently in South Carolina and North Carolina,   
   >>> and those two towns are only a little over 300 miles from each other! <<   
   >>   
   >>Which one's BOW-fort and which one's BYU-fort?   
   >    
   > SC is bew and NC is bo.   
   >    
   > My mother is from SC (although she's from the midlands, not the low   
   > country where Beaufort is located), so I pronounced it "bewfert".  I was   
   > quickly corrected when I went to a high school summer program in   
   > "bofart" NC.   
   >    
      
   It gets worse.  This is an admittedly local thing, but there's a    
   neighborhood ("community" in SC-speak) whose name is spelled "DeBordieu",    
   but is pronounced "debbie-do".   
      
   No, I'm not kidding.   
      
   --    
   Dave   
      
   Semper Gumby - always flexible.   
   --- SBBSecho 2.12-Win32   
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