Ph. D. scripsit:

> There are so many of these. I once asked a woman
> where she was from. She said, "Loovul." Later I
> discovered that this is the city I've always known as
> Louisville (Kentucky).

A good way to catch a Kentuckian: ask them (viva voce, not over the
Net where they have time to think about it) "Is the capital of
Kentucky pronounced [luIsvIl] or [lu@...=]?" They will fall all
over themselves to assure you it's the latter. Then you say
patronizingly, "No, the capital is pronounced [fr&nkf@...]."

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