How to Pronounce "properly"

[Crys Meaker - Domus Ludus]

My son is named Lapis.  The "proper" pronunciation is with a hard a (ahh).
Unless he is in deep doo-doo we pronounce it with a soft a <G>.

Pronunciation changes depending on where you are.  I ought to know.  I'm a
Chicagoan living in Texas <G>.  I also went to school in New England where I
was told more often than not that I talked funny (Yokie dokie <G>).  I sound
a lot like Richard Daley, even though we grew up in completely different
areas of the city.  I can also "get ethnic" when I need to, as evidenced by
a conversation I had with a friend tonight.  We grew up across the courtyard
from each other and I quickly slipped into 'dialect'.  My hubby finds it
amusing.

Crys (who teaches her children that it is pop and NOT soda <G>)



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mothers pitiful egg."
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