[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Octopus, octopi, octoporum

[Amanda Lewanski]

Amy Z wrote:

> Otherwise it's like insisting (as some people do) that we should
> pronounce "Mexico" with a Mexican accent.  IMO, it's a word in English
> and I give it an American "x."  Grr.
>
> Amy Z
> in Vur-mont, not Vair-mon'

And how do you pronounce "Illinois"..?

--Amanda (little innocent grin)
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