On Wed 28 May 2008 04:43:04p, Janet Wilder told us...

kilikini wrote:
Goomba wrote:
blake murphy wrote:

No kidding? Out here N(eye)na is considered unusual.
i don't think i've ever heard 'n(eye)na' either. (maryland)

your pal,
blake
I've known many who pronounced it "Neena" but only one who pronounced
it "N(eye)na"

I've been told my relative, Mina Miller, who married Thomas Edison, the
inventor, pronounced her first name "M(eye)na" and not "M(ee)na." They
lived in New Jersey, but I believe she was born in Ohio. I'd have to
check.

kili



LOL! We often joke that Ohio is the land of the long vowl. They
pronounce all their cities with long vowls. Lima is L(eye)ma or
Med(eye)na. There are more.


How true. I never realized it so much as when we move from Ohio to
Arizona.

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Wayne Boatwright
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