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

>