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Jasmy
 Post subject: Re: Not into it
PostPosted: Thu Dec 18, 2014 9:54 pm 
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I guess I will be decorating after all. My son has stated he wants Christmas since this is the first time in four or so years he will be here. He is 31 years old, but like his mom he is still young at heart. He also has more energy than I do, so he will be doing most of it. :)

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I was unaware we mangled Russia, having only seen it on road signs.

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Kaffis Mark V wrote:
Ohio is notorious (among transplants, at least) for being preposterously uncultured in pronunciation of all the place names it's lifted for towns.

Russia, OH is pronounced "ROO-see". Lima, OH is pronounced with a long i. Houston, OH is "HOUSE-ten" to locals. Versailles, OH doesn't understand it's a word with a French origin, and thus the "lles" is vocalized.

And all I can do in the face of all this is shake my head.


My first trip to PA to visit my dad, the airlines lost my luggage. When I went to the lost luggage room, I was stared at as if I was the village idiot because I mispronounced Reading. Apparently it's pronounced "Redding".

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Kentucky & WV have much the same problem:

Louisville, KY= lull-vull
Hurricane, WV=HURK-en
Versailles, KY = VER-sayls
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Funny thing is that many of the residents of these places, would admit the places they are named after are pronounced in the "traditional fashion" The city in Ohio spelled Lima is pronounced with a long I, the city in Peru, is not.

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There's a webpage devoted to Colorado town names. My favorite is this:

US Ends.com wrote:
Buena Vista: byoo-nuh VIS-tuh
I know it's hard to believe, but it's true. Of course, the Spanish for "good view" would be more like bway-nuh VEES-tuh. But I understand the city even passed a resolution stating that "byoo-nuh" is the official way of pronouncing the first word. (Incidentally, this ridiculousness isn't limited to Colorado: I've been told that the Buena Vista in Virginia is pronounced the same way, as is the town of Buena in New Jersey.) Some locals refer to the Colorado town by the nickname "Bueni" (pronounced "BYOO-nee"), while others sidestep the embarrassment by simply calling it "B.V."

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