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Old Apr 6, 2022 | 11:59 am
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Originally Posted by ElevatorEnthusiast
This is it - I'm done with Marriott. I'll be moving to Wyndham Rewards exclusively from now on :-)
But is that wind-um or wind- HAM?
Originally Posted by DJ_Iceman
It reminds me of when I was working for Disney on the Shanghai project. My whole life I thought the city was pronounced "shang-hi", but was quickly corrected that it is actually "shong-hi".
Sorry, I can't help it and am not picking on you, but this is such a (North) American thing to write in order to denote the "ah" sound.
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