There's a town called Ione up north a bit...(m)
in reply to a message by Cressida
...and it's pronounced eye-OWN by the locals. I can't speak for other places, though, because a lot of these pronunciations are regional. It's kind of like the pronunciation difference between the state Nevada (as nev-AH-duh) or the town Nevada (neh-VAY-duh).
*Edit* This is all in the USA, by the way.
*Edit* This is all in the USA, by the way.
This message was edited 8/25/2008, 11:53 AM