Just getting caught up on all the messages on the reunion and pronunciation. As a native born Vermonter married to a native Rhode Islander who has family with very strong accents, I can state with certainty: you can't spell many of the words spoken in New England with the English (i.e., Latin) alphabet -- the words aren't in English. Out here in Southern Illinois it is just as bad. Cairo is pronounced close to Kayro (the syrup), Vienna has a long I but the accent is almost on the second syllable, El Dorado has a long A. But my favorite is Beaucoup Creek, pronounced buckup crik. George Parker