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Old Dec 14, 2005 | 12:17 pm
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CXYYZ
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Great thread! Some from the civilised half of North America

In Canadian English, it's Muntree all (kind of slurred), not Mon tree all. Very easy way to spot an American. And if trying to make it sound French, the t is silent - an easy way to spot anyone not well versed in French, but pretending to be.

Toronto generally isn't pronounced Toe-ron-to, it's more like Turonno.

And the suburb I call home, Scarborough, locally is referred to as Scar-bro not Scar-borrow or Scar-borough (not sure what it is in the UK though). Even those from other parts of Toronto get it wrong.

And what about Luton, pronounced Luttun? I suspect most North Americans are guilty of that.
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