Huh.
I have lived here in Connecticut all my life, and come from a long line of "swamp" Yankees.
(We first arrived here in 1643)
I have always pronounced them as:
Grenich (Greenwich)
Norffik (Norfolk)
Tems (Thames)
Nu Bri'in (New Britian)
Norrige (Norwich)
Clint'n (Clinton)
Durm (Durham)
I thought that everybody did (unless they were "summer people")
brandu
(http://www2.iconn.net/gedney)
>>> <snowfire at mail.snet.net> 03/12 8:38 AM >>>
- -Poster: Jean Holtom <Snowfire at mail.snet.net>
>Another good one here in Connecticut is "Norfolk", pronounced by the locals
>as "Norfork".
Then of course there's the habit of missing out the "t" in the middle of
words ending in "n" and replacing it with a gulping sound. New Britain
becoming New Bri(gulp)n for example. ;-)
Elysant
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