ChrisA wrote:walrii wrote:
I guess language is the same all over - i.e. it ain't the same. Don't get me started on "pecan."
Hmmm? Why it's prounced Peak as in mountain and then An like the first part of Aunt...
--Chris
Ahhh, Chris, I knew you struck me as a refined member of the educated classes!
Brassblower wrote:
Burk-BURN-it, right?
Actually, Mr. Burk Burnett, for whom the town is named, pronounced his last name BURN-it and a few old timers pronounce the town name as you described. 99% of the present population pronounces it BURK-burn-ett.