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Re: Speech patterns
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Neil Howlett <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 11 Jan 2007 13:17:10 -0500
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On Sun, 7 Jan 2007 14:49:55 -0500, Anne Pemberton <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

Until Reading became a favorite shopping stop for Virginia bus tours, I
usually corrected most folks to pronounce it Redding, instead of Reeding.
So many Virginians shop at the outlets there now, that they know the
correct pronunciation. The pronunciation was deliberately set at Redding
so that it could be distinguished from the namesake of the town in England.

Anne

I don't know why you think that the pronunciation of Reading has been
changed. The town in Berkshire, England is pronounced Red-ing, and so far
as I am aware always has been.

Neil

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