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Re: Balm Peach
Posted By: Dave, on host 63.248.238.73
Date: Friday, November 17, 2000, at 20:44:29
In Reply To: Balm Peach posted by Howard on Friday, November 17, 2000, at 19:02:49:

> I've been watching a lot of TV lately and I
>keep noticing that people can't agree on how to
>pronounce Palm Beach.

I may live in Colorado, but I'm a New England native. It's most definitely "Pahm Beach". And don't let anyone tell you the word has an "l" in it. Down East, consonant sounds near the end of words get softened. "Palm" becomes "Pahm", "Car" becomes "Cah", and "Yes" becomes "Ayuh."

-- Dave

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