Time for a Dialect Lession

Submitted by Stan G on Thu, 2007/09/13 - 10:03am.

Channel 5, WMC-TV in Memphis on how to speak East Tennessean:

"...near LaFollette (luh-FAH'-lut) in Campbell County."

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Well....
Submitted by Left Of The Dial on Thu, 2007/09/13 - 12:29pm.

...at least they got it right.

for local media
Submitted by StaceyDiamond on Thu, 2007/09/13 - 6:05pm.

BTW, all local media has been calling Isa (Ice-a), its (EE-sa)and I didn't realize until she told me. But to this day some people, not media, just people, that pronounce Rogero as Ro-jer-o.

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