Date:  Fri, 6 Oct 1995 22:42:16 -0500

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

Subject: Re: place names



On Fri, 6 Oct 1995, Kathleen M. O'Neill wrote:



> One of the suburbs of Chicago is Des Plaines. DESS PLAYNZ.



Dubois, Idaho is [DU-bois]n not [du bwa]. The capital of Idaho is

Boy-see, not Boy-zee.

FJ



>

>

> >As one who has actually been to GalVESton, Ind., let me throw in two other

> >Hoosier place names that aren't pronounced the way most "foreigners" to our

> >state always assume. One is Chili, Ind., which is pronounced CHEYE-lie, and

> >Peru, which--in Indiana only--has the accent on the first syllable.

> >Oh, and there is also Pulaski County, where the native insist that it be

> >pronounced Pulask-eye (not -ee).

> >What a funny, but interesting, little state we have here.

> >

> >Jerry Miller

> >Pulliam School of Journalism

> >Franklin College (Ind.)

> >

>