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Calliope and Mispronouncing Names
By Bob Hodge

Ref. "calliope" in 070226 MMDigest, Source of Brass Tubing for
Calliope Pipes, and name mispronunciations.

As a child I once lived next to a railroad track which was a freight
line.  There were cars which had the name of "Phoebe Snow" on them.
I would laugh myself silly pronouncing the name fee-bee as foeb.
I still find it humorous.  Apologies to anyone on the list named Phoebe.

Bob Hodge


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