It caught my ear recently when "The Coffee Klatch"'s podcast host, Robert Reich, said the word prelude. My sixth grade chorus class teacher, Mrs. B., sporadic Classical station announcers, and Reich are the only people I've heard pronounce the word correctly. It's supposed to be pronounced prell-yood, but I can't bring myself to say it that way. Pray-lood just strikes me as a better-sounding, less awkward pronunciation.
I fit in well in this city where it's normal to pronounce Gravois Road Grav-oy.
