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AZroute74 · 02-11-2004, 02:16 AM

I noticed too that in "Wreck" he turns Detroit into 3 syllables. Maybe it's just that I'm from the south, but I've always pronounced it DEE-troit. I've heard it pronounced De-TROIT, but not usually in the South. GL pronounces it De-TROY-it. Anybody else pick up on that?

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02-11-2004, 02:16 AM	#6
AZroute74 Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Louisville, KY, USA Posts: 80	I noticed too that in "Wreck" he turns Detroit into 3 syllables. Maybe it's just that I'm from the south, but I've always pronounced it DEE-troit. I've heard it pronounced De-TROIT, but not usually in the South. GL pronounces it De-TROY-it. Anybody else pick up on that? ------------------ "Pickin' up the pieces of my sweet, shattered dream..."