re: Why is JORdan-Hare pronounced JURdan-Hare?

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Same as KAY-ro, GA (Cairo) HOW-ston County (Houston)

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I refuse to say these this way...I pronounce the first like the city in Egypt...and the second like the city in Texas

I think we would all like to pronounce French words like Lafayette correctly as well but it makes a man sound gay as frick if you do...