This just seemed funny to me.
NO, YOU SAY IT THIS WAY
The discussion raged on as the engraver and his wife drove up to the artist town of Taos, New Mexico. She claimed it was pronounced "Taos - with a long 'a' as in day." He claimed it was "Taos - with an 'ou' like in house"
Finally when they got there, he pulled into a business alongside the highway and they barged inside and hollered at the counterman, "Just how do you pronounce the name of this place -- and say it slowly."
So the counterman said with a very exaggerated pronounciation, "Daaiirry Queeenn."
NO, YOU SAY IT THIS WAY
The discussion raged on as the engraver and his wife drove up to the artist town of Taos, New Mexico. She claimed it was pronounced "Taos - with a long 'a' as in day." He claimed it was "Taos - with an 'ou' like in house"
Finally when they got there, he pulled into a business alongside the highway and they barged inside and hollered at the counterman, "Just how do you pronounce the name of this place -- and say it slowly."
So the counterman said with a very exaggerated pronounciation, "Daaiirry Queeenn."
