Date: Thu, 5 Oct 1995 10:37:11 -0500

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

Subject: Re: icebox and upstate



On Thu, 5 Oct 1995, Luanne von Schneidemesser wrote:



In Message Wed, 4 Oct 1995 22:49:45 -0400,

Seth Sklarey crissiet[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]IPOF.FLA.NET writes:





For my two cents I will add Salina, Kansas and Salinas, California, one of

which is

pronounce Saleena, and the othe Sal-I-nas. Which of course led to the age-old

question: Is the capitol of Kansas pronuonced Witchitaw or Wicheeta? A geography

gold star to the "correct" answer.

I had always heard the question in reference to Louisville, KY. Are

there other variations to this joke?





Seth Sklaey

Wittgenstein School of the Unwritten Word

coconut Grove, FL



The correct pronunciation of the capital of Kansas is Tuhpeekuh (Topeka),

where I spent some of my formative years and visited the capitol. My

father went to college in Suhlainuh, to Kansas Wesleyan.



Luanne