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To: Surrounded_too

From yesterday:

http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2012/11/05/Fla-mayor-irked-by-poor-pronunciations/UPI-71371352151257/

BOCA RATON, Fla., Nov. 5 (UPI) — The mayor of Boca Raton, Fla., says her desire to hear people properly pronounce her city’s name may lead to slapping an “e” at the end.

Boca Raton Mayor Susan Whelchel said she cringes when she hears someone pronounce “Raton” as if it rhymes with “baton” instead of “ra-tone,” the South Florida Sun Sentinel reported Monday. An ordinance in 1982 attempting to halt the mispronunciations failed to pass.


17 posted on 11/06/2012 2:29:29 PM PST by ConservativeStatement (Obama "acted stupidly.")
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To: ConservativeStatement

Boka Ra-Toe-Ne!


39 posted on 11/06/2012 3:42:53 PM PST by Chong
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