[Dixielandjazz] Jacquet

[ballen]

We have a town in Sabine Parish (Louisiana) called Many, pronounced Man -
ee.

And of course, Natchitoches (home of Steel Magnolias) pronounced
Nack-i-tosh, although it looks like nearby Nacogdoches, Tx, pronounced
Nak-uh-DOSH-is

And the town of Zwolle, same name as the town in the Netherlands, is
populated by a mix of Indian and Spanish hailing back to the Conquistadors.
Not a Hollandisch resident in sight!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hal Vickery" <hvickery at svs.com>
To: "Mr. Bill" <ballen at deltapathology.com>
Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 9:07 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Jacquet


> 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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