Re: Do you have.......


"Harry Krause" <harry.krause@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> John Gaquin wrote:
>> "Harry Krause" <harry.krause@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message >
>>>
>>> And it is pronounced "tawn-ick."
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>> No, it is pronounced "tonic". No one not native to the area should ever
>> try to mimic an eastern MA accent. They only succed in making
>> embarrassing spectacles of themselves.
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>
> My mother was a Bostonian, and most of my close relatives were born on and
> lived on the North Shore. The word is pronounced "tawnick."

How else could one possibly pronounce tonic, other than "tawnick"?

Eisboch


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