[LMB] OT: hearing spelling

[B. Ross Ashley]

On Wed, 4 Jul 2007 16:07:48 -0700 (PDT), Azalais Aranxta 
<tiamat at tsoft.com> wrote:

 > In Kentucky, there's a suburb of Lexington called "VerSALES" and
 > spelled "Versailles."

 > When I saw it written and pronounced it in the French way people
 > just stared at me, so I learned to say "VerSALES".

 > However, I'd moved to Kentucky to study history in graduate
 > school, and as a TA, I was mortified when I found myself talking
 > about Louis XIV and the court at "VerSALES" in a classroom.

 > ~malfoy  :)

Sandie and I lived for four years on Roncesvalles Avenue, near High Park 
in Toronto. Hereabouts that's pronounced "RON-sez-veils".

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