[Dixielandjazz] Jacquet

[Bruce Stangeland]

Hal,

I agree with your pronunciation for Illinois Jacquet.

I was born and raised in Joliet, Illinois, 40 miles southwest of Chicago.
Our town's name is pronounced Joe-Lee-Ette, not Jho-lee-A. 
Out-of-towners would pronounce it Jolly-Ette.

We would also say "there is no noise in Illinois".

I had relatives living in nearby Marseilles, IL.
They pronounced it Mar-SALES. French explorers went through northern Illinois but they didn't leave their language skills or pronunciation preferences.

Bruce Stangeland
Berkeley banjoist

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Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:25:08 -0500
From: "Hal Vickery" <hvickery at svs.com>
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His obit in the Washington Post gives the pronunciation as jack-KETT.
Chicago jazz DJ Dick Buckley has also always pronounced his name that way.
I've also always heard his first name pronounced the same as the correct
pronunciation of the state in which I live:  ill-i-NOY.

Hal Vickery

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Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Jacquet

Dear listmates,

Once again I have a question about the pronunciation of a name. I've heard 
two quite different versions of ILLINOIS JACQUET.
1. Jackay   and 2. Jacket.
Which one is most used in the USA or even better: how did Jacquet himself 
pronounce his name?

Gerard Bielderman
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