[Dixielandjazz] Jacquet

[Don Ingle]

I lived in Colorado as a lad and again as a grown up with a cabin in 
Evergreen. Taking my first two years of College at Colorado Collage 
allowed me to learn some localisms of place names. The folks I knew from 
Buena Vista called in BOONA-Vista. and the Town of Pueblo was called 
"PEB-low." So did I after giving up the argument. My high school Spanish 
just didn't cut it with locals.
Things didn't get any better when we moved to Michigan. When courting my 
wife (now of 53 years marriage) I would drive on off days from Jazz Ltd. 
in Chicago to her town of Alpena up on Lake Huron. She'd ask how I came 
and once I told her I came through Mio on the way -- saying it in 
perfect Spanish pronounciation -- ME-oh. She looked at me funny and said 
oh, you mean MY-o. I also said I came up another time through Mikado, 
sayig it as most would, but learned that around that part of North 
Michigan it is My-KAY-dough.
Then there were the Chippewa and Ottawa place names -- don't get me started!
But then, as an old road band guy, I have learned more than a few other 
localized place name that are pronounced unlike you'd expect. It's what 
made traveling 200-300 miles a day between once-nighters interesting 
enough to get most of the fog and glaze out of your eyes. Hey, with no 
more Burma Shave markers, what every worked, right?
Don Ingle

Paul Edgerton wrote:
> Well, I still insist the man's name is pronounced "ill-in-noise
> JACKet," with the emphasis on the first syllable of his surname. But
> y'all can say anything you like. Which reminds me of a story...
>
> Once upon a time, a band from Denver was booked to play a festival in
> the remote town of Buena Vista. Now, Colorado residents are generally
> pretty savvy about Spanish words, but they got into a heated debate
> about how to pronounce the town's name. Some said it was "Bwayne-a
> Vees-ta," while a couple of holdouts insisted it was "Byoo-na
> Viss-ta."
>
> The argument continued until it came down to the city-slickers versus
> the small-towners. Nearing their destination, they pulled into the
> first outpost of civilization and asked the owner to please speak the
> name of the place. She looked over the group, made her estimate of
> their overall intelligence, and then slowly and deliberately said,
> "DARE-ee Coo-EEN!"
>
> -- Paul
>
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