[Dixielandjazz] Jacquet/ette(f)
D and R Hardie
darnhard at ozemail.com.au
Tue Apr 1 14:47:57 PDT 2008
Hi all
Isn't Bucket pronounced Boukay?
regards
Dan Hardie
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On Wednesday, April 2, 2008, at 06:39 AM, Jack Tracy wrote:
>
> Bruce Stangeland wrote:
>
> 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.
>
>
> I lived in Chicago for some years before moving west, and recall
> two interesting pronunciations common there for two of their streets.
>
> Buena is pronounced Byu-enna and Goethe is Go-Thee.
>
> And here in California, near me is the town of Piru. Pronounced
> Pie-Roo, of course.
>
> Jack Tracy
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