Actually, both the Hickbonics and Ebonics pronunciation of Detroit is
DEE-troit, as in:
"The DEEtroit POlice department".

At 11:00 10/20/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Hickbonics is also spoken in Yankee country, especially where autos are
>made.
>
>Ditraht-       A big city in Mishgun where autos are made.
>
>Some local features can cause confusion, for instance:
>
>"I seed the big tar biside I-94 when I was in Ditraht" and "I seed the big
>tire biside I-94 when I was in Ditraht"  both refer to the big Uniroyal
>ex-worlds-fair-ferris-wheel! "I spect 'sarn." would reflect the speaker's
>opinion that the structure was constructed using metal, not rubber.
>

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