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Weirdness that started to annoy once I noticed it. A lot of Illinoisans pronounce the state name oddly.

Posted by TWuG Jan 21 '16, 10:32

"El Ah Noy" not "Ill Ih Noy"

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Maybe you are the one who is pronouncing it oddly - con_carne Jan 21, 10:34 3
- Well, I am from Ohio so I might be to their ears. - TWuG Jan 21, 10:36 2
  - We ARE kinda the gold standard on accents. -- nm - Ender Jan 21, 10:42 1
    - Yep. Nearly "accentless" as I understand it. -- nm - TWuG Jan 21, 10:50
Ill-ih-noice. -- nm - Reagen Jan 21, 10:33
Fight back and pronounce it "El Ah Nwah". -- nm - Ender Jan 21, 10:33
Ill A Noise -- nm - groiny Jan 21, 10:33 3
- Bring the funk. -- nm - Spawndroid Jan 21, 10:37
- I think I say it more "El a noise" myself -- nm - oblique Jan 21, 10:34
- the Ditkationary pronunciation -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 21, 10:34
ill-ah-nwah -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 21, 10:32 1
- This is how I say it. Of course I am a hillbilly from Mizzurah. -- nm - Oswaldo MoBarony Jan 21, 10:38

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