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Pastimes : 2022 NCAA College Basketball March Madness
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To: Jeffrey S. Mitchell who wrote (48)3/18/2022 1:55:26 AM
From: spitsong  Read Replies (1) of 153
 
even if they do, they can't pronounce Spokane correctly

My wife calls it "Spoke-aloo" (She worked there for a couple years).

let alone Gonzaga

It's like "Nevada" or "Oregon." Don't listen to out-of-towners tell you how to pronounce the names. For "Gonzaga" and "Nevada," that middle "a" will trip you up if you ain't familiar: "aaa" like "grass", not "ah".

For "Oregon," remember whence the name originates: from the French word for "hurricane," which is what crossing the Columbia bar felt like to sailors back in the day.

Go Zags.

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