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Different pronouciations of Albany (NY vs NSW & WA)...
Different pronunciations of Albany (NY vs NSW & WA)... NY: ALL-BAN-EE
WA (but not NSW): OWL-BAAN-EE
NSW: See NY.
WA (but not NSW): OWL-BAAN-EE
NSW: See NY.
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[nq:1]Different pronunciations of Albany (NY vs NSW & WA)... [/nq] Yes, but what about Albany, Qld. Stupot
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[nq:1]Different pronunciations of Albany (NY vs NSW & WA)... NY: ALL-BAN-EE WA (but not NSW): OWL-BAAN-EE NSW: See NY.[/nq]
Yes, but what about Albany, Qld.
Stupot
Yes, but what about Albany, Qld.
Stupot
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[nq:1]Different pronunciations of Albany (NY vs NSW & WA)... NY: ALL-BAN-EE WA (but not NSW): OWL-BAAN-EE NSW: See NY.[/nq]
What about usw?
Anyhow, that's not correct re "NY". In "NY" it's /'Olb@ni/, "ALL-buh-nee" or, to you non-rhotic Right/Underpondians, "ALL-ber-nee". That's NYCE-and-environs English. Upstate? You'd think it'd be the same, but I'm almost certain I once heard someone fro
What about usw?
Anyhow, that's not correct re "NY". In "NY" it's /'Olb@ni/, "ALL-buh-nee" or, to you non-rhotic Right/Underpondians, "ALL-ber-nee". That's NYCE-and-environs English. Upstate? You'd think it'd be the same, but I'm almost certain I once heard someone fro
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[nq:1]Anyhow, that's not correct re "NY". In "NY" it's /'Olb@ni/, "ALL-buh-nee" or, to you non-rhotic Right/Underpondians, "ALL-ber-nee". That's NYCE-and-environs English. ... almost certain I once heard someone from that part of the world pronounce it /&lb@ni/ ("AL-buh-nee", "AL" like Al Gore).[/nq]
That's the way I learned it. I'm not sure when I switched from /&l/ to /Ol/.
Evan Kir
That's the way I learned it. I'm not sure when I switched from /&l/ to /Ol/.
Evan Kir
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[nq:1]I don't know how that particular Albany is pronounced...[/nq]
[nq:2]Yes, but what about Albany, Qld.[/nq]
There is also one in GA, which IIRC is All-Benny.
Joe Fineman joe (Email Removed)
[nq:2]Yes, but what about Albany, Qld.[/nq]
There is also one in GA, which IIRC is All-Benny.
Joe Fineman joe (Email Removed)
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[nq:2]I don't know how that particular Albany is pronounced...[/nq]
[nq:1]There is also one in GA, which IIRC is All-Benny.[/nq]
There's a New Albany in Southern Indiana, not far from Louisville, Ken-Tuck-Ee. It is home to Jamey Aebersold among others. Coop might know how to pronounce it; I don't.
Steny '08!
[nq:1]There is also one in GA, which IIRC is All-Benny.[/nq]
There's a New Albany in Southern Indiana, not far from Louisville, Ken-Tuck-Ee. It is home to Jamey Aebersold among others. Coop might know how to pronounce it; I don't.
Steny '08!
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[nq:2]There is also one in GA, which IIRC is All-Benny.[/nq]
[nq:1]There's a New Albany in Southern Indiana, not far from Louisville, Ken-Tuck-Ee. It is home to Jamey Aebersold among others. Coop might know how to pronounce it; I don't.[/nq]
Don't forget the one with a race track, near Berkeley.
Skitt (in Hayward, California)
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[nq:1]There's a New Albany in Southern Indiana, not far from Louisville, Ken-Tuck-Ee. It is home to Jamey Aebersold among others. Coop might know how to pronounce it; I don't.[/nq]
Don't forget the one with a race track, near Berkeley.
Skitt (in Hayward, California)
www.geocities.com/opus731/
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[nq:2]There's a New Albany in Southern Indiana, not far from ... others. Coop might know how to pronounce it; I don't.[/nq]
[nq:1]Don't forget the one with a race track, near Berkeley.[/nq]
Most Hoosiers say "New All-ban-ee". Some, that have more southern roots, say "Nallbanee".
Tony Cooper
Orlando FL
[nq:1]Don't forget the one with a race track, near Berkeley.[/nq]
Most Hoosiers say "New All-ban-ee". Some, that have more southern roots, say "Nallbanee".
Tony Cooper
Orlando FL
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[nq:1]Don't forget the one with a race track, near Berkeley.[/nq]
A dog track? Ah, no.
Joe Fineman joe (Email Removed)
A dog track? Ah, no.
Joe Fineman joe (Email Removed)
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