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Re: Irish Jack - 1989

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From: "Scott Schrade" <schrade@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2004 14:29:39 -0500
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> *I* always found it interesting how Brits pronounce "Pete Townshend".


Me, too.  Nearly all Americans say "Townshend" with the stress on the
first syllable, & hardly ever give full pronunciation to the second.  It comes
out as  town' zuhn.

But many Brits put the stress on the second syllable giving it more of that 
fully enunciated "town's end" pronunciation.


- SCHRADE in Akron

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- Irish Jack - 1989
  - From: SicilianMother

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