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Old 01-06-2007, 12:03 AM   #51
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Originally Posted by Clodfobble View Post
In American dialects it usually does-- Eye-err-land.

Technically it's a dipthong, but we tend to stretch those out.

Ah. Maybe I never heard an American say it. Thanks. Weird, but thanks. We say Ire-land. Never occurred to me there was any other way, but it probably shoud have.
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