[wisb] Re: How do you pronounce the word "Scaup"?
- From: Schaufenbuel <schaufenbuel@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bgsloan2@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:56:34 -0600
There is a little "caw" in Scaup -- "ScawP"
Listen here for definitive pronouciation
http://www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/audio.pl?scaup001.wav=scaup
Joe Scahufenbuel
Stevens Point
Portage Co., WI
On 2/8/2012 6:49 PM, B.G. Sloan wrote:
> In talking with a few other birders this week along Milwaukee's lakefront
> I've started to think that maybe I am mispronouncing the word "Scaup". I
> pronounce the "cau" like the word "cow", so it sounds like "Scowp". The other
> birders pronounced the "caup" like "cop", so it sounds like "Scop".
>
> Maybe it's just my latent southern accent compared to a Great Lakes accent.
> :-) Just curious...
>
> Bernie Sloan
> Milwaukee
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