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		paulddraper on Jan 19, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Make Firefox support moz://a Said "squim", FYI. But now we're just reaching for absurdities. I live near Tooele, UT (too-il-uh), and my uncle lives in Hurricane, UT (her-i-ken).

r00fus on Jan 19, 2017 [–]

I thought Hurricane was just pronounced "her-ken". Also: "creek" in UT is pronounced "crick".

paulddraper on Jan 19, 2017 | [–]

That's not the Wikipedia pronunciation ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane,_Utah ), but it's probably said that way too.

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