Date: Fri, 6 Oct 1995 05:51:49 -0400 From: Seth Sklarey Subject: Re: icebox and upstate >In Message Wed, 4 Oct 1995 22:49:45 -0400, > Seth Sklarey 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. >> >>Seth Sklarey >>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 > You get the gold star!