End of ADS-L Digest - 24 Feb 1994 to 25 Feb 1994

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There are 17 messages totalling 417 lines in this issue.



Topics of the day:



 1. Texas town names

 2. <No subject given>

 3. Bilingual reduplication

 4. Local pron. of toponyms

 5. local locality pronunciations (3)

 6. LANGUAGE e-mail (2)

 7. Something old, something new (3)

 8. ADS-L Digest - 23 Feb 1994 to 24 Feb 1994

 9. New List on Teaching History of English

 10. Variation in S. Georgia(Waycross)

 11. attitude & prescription

 12. there's



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Date:  Sat, 26 Feb 1994 00:22:43 CST

From:  "Donald M. Lance" <ENGDL[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MIZZOU1.BITNET>

Subject: Re: Texas town names



Toponymists who'velooked at old records tell us that for a time the U.S.

Post Office insisted on short names for new post offices, so there are

several 3-letter towns in Missouri -- Ink, Rat....

About 60 miles west of St Louis a church was named for some Christian

martyrs who were killed in Japan -- The Church of the Holy Martyrs of Japan

(or something like that; I could look it up if anyone needs exact info).

In the 1940s someone put together apronouncing guide for Missouri towns and

listed[jeyp[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]n] as the way the locals said the name of their town.

                        DMLance, U of MO