"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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John Gaquin wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message

And it is pronounced "tawn-ick."


No, it is pronounced "tonic". No one not native to the area should ever
try to mimic an eastern MA accent. They only succed in making
embarrassing spectacles of themselves.


My mother was a Bostonian, and most of my close relatives were born on and
lived on the North Shore. The word is pronounced "tawnick."

How else could one possibly pronounce tonic, other than "tawnick"?

Eisboch