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Michigan

marmar

(79,555 posts) Sun Sep 21, 2014, 07:23 PM Sep 2014

..... "Michi-can". One of my pet peeves. Drives me nuts.

She can't do anything right.

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The narrator in Terry Lynn Land's latest commercial pronounces Michigan ..... (Original Post) marmar Sep 2014 OP

I hear people say it that way quite a bit. marmar Sep 2014 #3

Perhaps an overdose of "cuteness"? Demeter Sep 2014 #2

Agreed! N/t N_E_1 for Tennis Sep 2014 #4

(3,962 posts)

1. That's the first time I've ever heard of Michigan being pronounced "Michi-can." Strange.

Sun Sep 21, 2014, 08:01 PM

Sep 2014

(79,555 posts)

3. I hear people say it that way quite a bit.

Sun Sep 21, 2014, 08:37 PM

Sep 2014

Irks me.

(85,373 posts)

2. Perhaps an overdose of "cuteness"?

Sun Sep 21, 2014, 08:36 PM

Sep 2014

I hope we are spared any more of her public service....

(12,885 posts)

4. Agreed! N/t

Mon Sep 22, 2014, 07:56 AM

Sep 2014