Date:    Mon, 18 May 1998 13:55:14 +0000
<br>From:    Jim Rader <jrader[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]M-W.COM>
<br>Subject: Re: nativisms
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<br>I recall hearing Chowchilla (with un-Hispanic spelling to begin
<br>with) pronounced as something like ['chau chi], with two syllables,
<br>when I was in the San Joaquin Valley in 1972.  I've never forgotten
<br>it.
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<br>Jim Rader
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<br>> California goes nativist too.  Vallejo/VuhLAY-ho,  Vacaville/Vackaville,
<br>> Chowchilla (guess!), SACKremen-o, Loss Annjealous (Loss Angle-ease), and
<br>> Sandy-ay-go are not quite on target.
<br>>
<br>> Here's something to chew on.
<br>> Upstate New York also has several cities and towns with names of foreign
<br> countries
<br>> and cities such as Cuba, Poland, Norway, Peru, Russia , Madrid, Rome, Naples,
<br>> Salamanca, Waterloo, Lisbon, Warsaw, Paris, Troy, Syracuse, Carthage, Utica,
<br> and
<br>> Corinth  All of these have English spellings,  but for a subset,  the native
<br>> language spelling is the same as the English spelling.  So, if people use the
<br>> English pronunciation of, say, Cuba, is this  going nativist?
<br>>     Next: Oneida, Oswego, Ticonderoga.
<br>>
<br>> Bill King
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