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El Supremo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-06-06 07:22 PM
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How do you pronounce "Comerica"?
I've heard the announcers pronounce it differently.
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demosincebirth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-06-06 08:38 PM
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1. A word bush would really screw up.
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Montauk6 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-07-06 07:00 PM
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2. koh-MER-ica
It's named after the well-known Metro Detroit bank.
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El Supremo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-07-06 08:32 PM
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3. Is that a hard 'O' or a soft 'O'? n/m
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Montauk6 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-09-06 08:22 AM
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4. Hard (oh as in "uh-oh")
Soft, I guess could be transcribed as "aah" as in "waah."

Flame away, phonicians.
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El Supremo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-09-06 05:06 PM
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5. Wouldn't that be "phoneticists"?
Phonecians were an ancient culture, right?

:)
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WannaBeGrumpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-26-06 02:51 PM
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6. like america...
but with a C as in Koh mar Icka
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