End of ADS-L Digest - 15 Mar 1995 to 16 Mar 1995

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There are 20 messages totalling 428 lines in this issue.



Topics of the day:



 1. /kup/'s in Detroit (2)

 2. <No subject given>

 3. Willamette Valley

 4. Jesus H. Christ (2)

 5. French coupe'

 6. Coupe vs. sedan (3)

 7. Willamette Valley and Oregon

 8. /kup/

 9. your mail

 10. seeking regional discussion

 11. vitae

 12. Salty dog?

 13. "Bamboozled"

 14. /kup/'s in Detroit (fwd)

 15. French coupe' (fwd)

 16. Willamette Valley and Detroit



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Date:  Fri, 17 Mar 1995 02:39:34 -0600

From:  Charles F Juengling <juen0001[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]GOLD.TC.UMN.EDU>

Subject: Re: /kup/'s in Detroit



While we're at it, where does the stress fall in the name of the valley

which was the terminus of the Oregon Trail -- Willamette? (For that

matter, where does the stress fall in 'Oregon'?)

Fritz Juengling



On Thu, 16 Mar 1995, Donald M. Lance wrote:



> And who would cringe at what the French (later Americans) did to

> Marquette's 'MOINGOUENA' placed beside a couple of tipis on his map?

> Later maps had 'des moines' with no -g- in French. What's there to

> cringe about? Cringing itself? DE-troit follows the Germanic Stress

> Pattern, and D[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]-TROit follows Romance. Is that the quibble, or should

> Americans have retained the French rendering of -oi-? The people in

> Versailles, Missouri, are chastized for not following the French

 pronunciation,

> but their forebears named the town for Versailles, Kentucky -- so I guess

> it's the Kentuckians who're to blame, unless there's also a Versailles,

> Virginia, to carry that burden. Place names are fun.  DMLance

>