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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We toured Clemson when my dd was in elementary school. She couldn’t get over the way it is pronounced (Clempson). The whole tour, she kept muttering, there isn’t a p. Her best friend just shared she wants to go to Clemson, and she is still struggling with the p.[/quote] Hilarious! I have no connection with this school at all, am a native of NoVA, and I do not say it with a “p” sound. Do most people actually pronounce it that way? (?). I (maybe like your daughter) am just pronouncing it as it is spelled? (?). [/quote] Without the p sound the s sounds sort of like a /z/. Every person on campus who said the name pronounced it with the p sound- it was worse if they had a strong southern accent. I have to admit I had never noticed, but I can’t stop hearing it ever since. The football announcers say the p too. She also remembers lots of orange tiger paws on the road, but she liked those.[/quote]
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