On Tue, 17 Sep 2019 03:01:55 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On Monday, September 16, 2019 at 8:44:48 PM UTC-4, graham wrote:
>> On 2019-09-16 5:10 p.m., wrote:
>> > On Monday, September 16, 2019 at 4:45:03 PM UTC-5, graham wrote:
>> >>
>> >> On 2019-09-16 1:11 p.m., U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> leftenant or lieutenant
>> >>>
>> >> Kansas and Arkansas:-)
>> >>
>> > When my brother worked for AT&T he was talking with some clients overseas.
>> > One of the questions they asked him was if Kansas is pronounced Can-zas is
>> > Arkansas pronounced as r-CAN-zas? He explained to them it is pronounced as
>> > R-cun-saw.
>> >
>> But why Shicago and Mishigan? You don't sit on a share and you drink
>> sherry but eat cherries.
>
>Those names were transcribed by French speakers from Amerindian languages.
>
>Cindy Hamilton
yes, multicultural intervention makes the world interesting. I still
don't get leftenant/lieutenant?
I can handle barbie(barby?) and braii, nappy and lift, etc., but the
leftenant/lieutenant makes me stumble.
Janet US