My mother was from Leeds, England, not from Leeds, Alabama, so this was never an issue!!

It was odd that a woman from Leeds, England married a man from Birmingham, Alabama, but that's another story. As you might have expected, they met in Shreveport, Louisiana!!

Jeff

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: At what point on the journey to Birmingham, Alabama does the
: Autavia tell you that the -ham syllable is unstressed and not
: pronounced the same as processed pork? ;D