Silly, trivial, but intriguing.Some Americans pronounce 'Missouri' as what sounds like 'Miz-oo-ri'. Others say what sounds like 'Miz-oo-ra'. Is that pronunciation local to the State or is it just a matter of individual preference generally?
(These distinctions can be very local indeed. The [River] Nene is pronounced either 'Nen' or Neen'. Researchers discovered that the division lay in the town of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire.Everyone born and living south of the river there said 'Nen' and everyone to the North said 'Neen', as did everyone further to the South or North respectively )
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