Pronunciation (was Puddings)

[Elizabeth Snape]

British place name pronunciations reminds me of Knoxville, TN where I 
lived for several years.  There's a suburban area (not actually a town 
or village) near Knoxville called Lovell.  One day I passed an 
historical marker and stopped to read it.  Turns out the area was 
settled by a man named Love and called Loveville.  Considering that 
southerners pronunciation of 'ville' is 'vull', it's not hard to see 
how the name eventually became Lovell.

Not to let us folks in Indiana off the hook -- Russiaville is 
pronounced Rooshaville; Chili, Cheye-leye (long i's); Versailles the 
way it's spelled, no fancy French for us Hoosiers.  ;-) I'm sure there 
are others, but this is what I recall at the moment. Oh yeah, Lima, 
Ohio is pronounced with a long 'i' too.

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