[at-l] Pronounciation was Re: New Pico Shelter, Killington VT [OT]

[chance317@yahoo.com (Denise)]

-- here's my favorite ... the good people of Pompeii, MI and
environs call their hometown Pom'-pee-eye. :)
Denise
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> I've got a relative (by marriage, thank GOD!) who calls the
> restaurant Shoneys Shah-nees, and I know half a dozen people
> who call the state to our West Ill-ah-noise, and the place
> where you can borrow books the lie-bary.
>
> Don't even get me started on how all of the older folks I know
> say the name Hawaii!
>
> To keep this on topic, is it App-ah-lay-shun or
> App-ah-latch-un?  It has been my understanding that the term
> originated in the middle south and would therefore be
> pronounced accordingly, but don't know enough about the
> pre-trail history of the mountains to know how far north the
> term was used.
>
>
>
> -r
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Kurt Bodling
>   To: at-l@mailman.backcountry.net
>   Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 3:39 PM
>   Subject: [at-l] Re: New Pico Shelter, Killington VT [OT]
>
>
>   Hey, the rest of the country isn't any better.
>
>   Versailles, KY = ver-SALES
>   Cairo, IL = KAY-roh
>   New Madrid, MO = new MAA-drid
>
>   You'd think people who lived in places like these would know
> how
>   to pronounce their hometown's names.  Sheesh!
>
>   KB
>
>   >
>   > Message: 3
>   > From: "Walter Daniels" <danielsw@bestweb.net>
>   > To: <at-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
>   > Subject: RE: [at-l] New Pico Shelter, Killington VT [OT]
>   > Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 11:46:17 -0400
>   >
>   >
>   > > For those not from Texas, for instance, Leakey, Texas,
> would appear to
>   > > be pronounced "LEEK-ee."  Actually, it is pronounced
> "LAYK-ee."
>   > >
>   > And do not even attempt to pronounce any town in MA
> phonetically. They
>   > almost all have British pronunciations, e.g. Leominister
> is lemster.
>   >
>   >
>
>
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