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Jenn wrote:

*but the correct foreign pronunciation of a place name is not 'correct'
*if the people who use the name locally differ e.g. Lafayette as a place
*name is often correctly pronounced Lah FAY ut not LA fay ette in the US
*when it is a town or street name. Cairo Il is correctly pronounced Kay

Seriously? Here in Lafayette Hill, PA, we say LAH-fay-ette HILL.

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