On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 16:16:00 +0100, Janet Baraclough
wrote:

-snip-
P, why do many Americans spell/pronounce voila as walla? Was the
mispronounciation a catchphrase used in cartoons, perhaps?

Its always made me think that they thought they were writing it the
way it would sound if it was a latin word. [at least the way I was
taught to speak latin] I've never heard anyone pronounce it that
way. [lived in Northeast US most of life]

Jim
[who was taught by the Vietnamese kids that the correct pronunciation
of beaucoup is 'boo-coo'.g]