Some of the old Native American names throw me on the pronunciation....
for example:
Lake Chaubunagungamaug, MA
Pronounced by the locals: Webster Lake.
Who knew????
:)
Tom Schuch
SE Connecticut
1975 300D W115
and a half dozen BMWs
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> Date: Sat, 8 May 2010 06:07:17 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com>
> To: Diesel List <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Names
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> You can always tell somebody not from Maine because they want to go to Calis
> (Ca-lay) which we call Cal-iss.
>
> A couple towns over from where I live is Ashburnham which a high school
> friend not from this area was convinced is called Ash-burnham. He based this
> on his South American college roommate who had gone to a boarding school
> there. Everybody around here calls it Ash-burn-ham with equal emphasis on
> each syllable. I always contended that the people that live in a place know
> best what it should be called.
>
> -Curt
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