Well, from where I come from originally (Mississippi) "tims" and "tems" sound alike, as do "pen" and "pin". 

-----Original Message-----
Alan B. Pearce
Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 11:03 AM

>> You also have around there the Thames river, pronounced "thames" and not
"tims".
>
>Ours is pronounced "tems"...

And then there is the town called Thame, pronounced tame.

>Cheers,

and even more cheers for the new year everyone.



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