Date: Thu, 27 Feb 1997 23:22:37 GMT



In message  mam@world.std.com (Mark A Mandel) 
wrote:


> Patterner (patterner@aol.com) wrote:
>       [...]
> : "PAINT YOUR WAGON is punctuated with a classic Lerner and Lowe 
> musical
> : score, including "They Call The Wind Maria" and "I Talk to the 
> Trees."  It
> : *is* pronounced Ma RI ah.
> 
> Which, I believe, is the standard British pronunciation of the name.
> 

Not necessarily, any more. It depends upon your age group. I've known 
more Ma Ree ah-s than Ma RI ah-s.

The older pronunciation does survive in old fashioned expressions like 
"Black Maria" (a black van used for transporting felons to and from 
court).

Valerie

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