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Mispronouncing the name of that beach town near Santa Babs is a sure-fire way to broadcast that you are not a local. It’s Car-pin-te-REE-a, not Car-pin-TEER-i-a. And ix-nay on the Santa Babs. We’re formal ‘round these parts. It’s Barbara.
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