>Keri Williams writes:
>>If I am not mistaken someone said a broadcast announcer prounounced Merrimack
>>as Merry Mack and this WAS wrong? If this is what was said what is the correct
>>way to prounounce it?
>
>Phonetically (best as I can): MEH-ri-mak.  The "i" is a short i, not a
>"y" sound.  And the "e" is also short, as is the "a".
 
Mare-uh-mack? I've heard it pronounced by Bay Staters as if it's two
syllables instead of three. kinda like Mare-mack or Mare-mick.
>
>The reason this was so embarrassing was that it was the tv play-by-play
>announcer for UMass-Lowell, Bob Gamere, who did this.
 
Yeah, well, Bob Gamere has been known to chug a few, so maybe his brain
cells and his liver cells are duking it out and mispronunciation is the
result. Or maybe he's just developed a *wicked* Midwestern accent.
 
(all this coming from someone who used to say PEA-body, Massachusetts)
 
But now a hockey question: Can anyone remember any/all of the sibling
combos who played at BU during the '88-90 campaigns? It's bothered me and
another BU alum since the last Beanpot. We're trying to figure out which
one of a certain pair left the team prematurely and we're stumped on the
family. Help.
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