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Old 09-27-2014, 11:20 AM   #4
DanaC
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Originally Posted by Clodfobble View Post
There's a major street here (and a lesser-known municipality outside the city) spelled Manchaca, pronounced "Man-shack."
I like that. It makes sense, you can see how it evolved.

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Bexar "bear" County
That one too, you can see how it has become shortened and the syllables run into each other.

I think my favourite from the above list is a great example of that effect: Cholmondeley - pronounced chumley
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