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To: TOneocon
Mesa is pronounced - Me sa, not Mess a.

If you go with the Me sa you sound like a Mexican. Us Gringos say Mess a. At least that is how it was done in El Paso.

20 posted on 12/23/2007 6:37:49 AM PST by Mark was here (Hard work never killed anyone, but why take the chance?)
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To: Mark was here
"If you go with the Me sa you sound like a Mexican. Us Gringos say Mess a."

What ever happened to May sa?

25 posted on 12/23/2007 6:58:39 AM PST by robertpaulsen
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To: Mark was here

Actually, it’s May-sa.


27 posted on 12/23/2007 7:16:25 AM PST by KeepUSfree (WOSD = fascism pure and simple.)
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To: Mark was here
If you go with the Me sa you sound like a Mexican. Us Gringos say Mess a. At least that is how it was done in El Paso.

Saying Mess a like that sounds like nails on a chalkboard. As annoying as saying Illinois and pronouncing the s.

31 posted on 12/23/2007 7:56:26 AM PST by HungarianGypsy
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To: Mark was here
Mesa is pronounced - Me sa, not Mess a.

It is correctly, gringo or not, pronounced May-sa. This is the correct way to pronounce an e followed by an s-ay, two esses would then be pronounced ess as in mess. Maybe after a hard rain you might think a muddy mesa was a mess-a mud but that is about it.

36 posted on 12/23/2007 8:08:47 AM PST by calex59
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