Oh, and Newark, NJ and Newwark, DE but spelled the same as Newark, NJ. Merrill Louise, Pastor The Judson Fellowship Jamestown, New York cell/office 716.969.2840 "With all my heart I praise the Lord, and I am glad because of God my Savior. (Luke 1:46-47) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Merrill Louise" <STARBASEWILDGOOSE@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 7:14 PM Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Chico (off-topic) > Don't forget Lima, Ohio, pronounced Lema. And Houston Street in New York > City is pronounced How stan. (I can't run the syllables together. The accent > is on the first syllable. > Merrill Louise, Pastor > The Judson Fellowship > Jamestown, New York > cell/office 716.969.2840 > "With all my heart I praise the Lord, and I am glad because of God my > Savior. (Luke 1:46-47) > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx> > To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 6:42 PM > Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Chico (off-topic) > > > > Interesting.. I never knew that about Cairo, Ill's > > pronunciation. My husband says that the section of Ill > > that it's in is called little Egypt. How odd. > > > > I know all this is off topic; I hope others of you > > find it interesting. Anyone have any more > > pronunciations that are different from what one would > > guess from the spellings? I know Worcester, Mass., is > > pronounced Wister, or Worster (not quite sure > > which--maybe it depends who's doing the pronouncing). > > > > Cindy > > > > --- "Duane A. Iverson" <diverson@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > there is also a town in Illinois which spelledlike > > > the capitol of Egypt but > > > pronounced like "kay Row" > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: <Rick.Roderick@xxxxxx> > > > To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 4:21 PM > > > Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Chico (off-topic) > > > > > > > > > > Hi Cindy, > > > > > > > > I grew up in Illinois. There is a town in > > > Illinois called San Jose, but > > > it > > > > is not pronounced Hozay but as it wouild have been > > > read by an Echo > > > > synthesizer. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! > > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > > > > > > > >