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   Message 296,923 of 297,461   
   Ruud Harmsen to All   
   Re: Galveston   
   22 Mar 25 08:02:34   
   
   From: rh@rudhar.com   
      
   Fri, 21 Mar 2025 16:14:07 -0000 (UTC): Christian Weisgerber   
    scribeva:   
      
   >On 2025-03-21, Ruud Harmsen  wrote:   
   >   
   >> In American English, Galveston apparently rhymes with "gun" and   
   >> "twenty-one". This seems quite weird from my perspective, and I   
   >> suppose from a British English perspective.   
   >   
   >Well, it's /??ælv?st?n/, /-v?s-/.  What did you expect?   
      
   See my reply to Ross.   
      
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