[Dixielandjazz] Pronunciation of "Biloxi"

[Craig I. Johnson]

Dick,
When I was in the US Navy in Pensacola back in the 50's 
we stopped in to Bil-UX- I for buckets of shrimp on our way to 
New Orleans. What you're hearing on TV is correct pronunciation as far
as the locals are concerned.
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If you think that is weird,  try the river that divides Maine from New Hampshire.
Spelled Piscataqua it is pronounced locally as Pis-cat-uh-kway - accent on syllables 2 and 4
not to be confused with
Chatauqua in New York State which is pronounced Shuh-tawk-wah - accent on 2nd syllable.

And only the British and local New Englanders know how to pronounce
Leicester, Worcester, Haverhill and Hingham in Massachusetts.
(but Framingham (Frame-ing-ham) Mass.  is the exception to even that set.)
Craig Johnson
The Maine Street Paraders
On 9/5/2005 8:35:55 PM, dick_miller at pmug.org wrote:
> Listmates:
> 
> I'm sure that someone(s) on this list can give me an accurate and
> knowledgeable answer to this minor puzzlement:
> 
> On the news on TV, I've
> heard reporters time and again pronounce the name
> of the city in Mississippi as bill LUX see, and I always thought it was
> pronounced bill LOX see. Which is correct?
> 
> I'm aware of the existence of local pronunciation variations, having grown
> up in New York where the street in Greenwich Village is HOW ston, not HEW
> ston. :-)
> 
> TIA.
> 
> --Dick Miller
> 
> 
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