[Dixielandjazz] Jacquet

[Hal Vickery]

There's a river that runs through beautiful downtown Joliet called the Des
Plaines ("dess-plains").  And don't forget that street in Chicago called
Devon ("de-VON") Ave.

There are all kinds of weird pronunciations in the Midwest.  One of my
favorites is a town in southern Illinois called Vienna ("vye-enna").  And of
course there is Cairo ("KAY-ro").  One of my favorites is in Indiana,
though.  The town whose high school basketball team the movie "Hoosiers" was
based on is Milan ("MY-lin").

Hal Vickery

-----Original Message-----
From: dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com
[mailto:dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com] On Behalf Of Jack Tracy
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 3:40 PM
To: Hal Vickery
Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Jacquet


  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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