I lived in Oregon a couple of years. It is pronounced As follows: will - A - met with the "A" as in am, at, as, etc. I have always been amused when people pronounce it Otherwise. I could be wrong, but I think even ET pronounces It the way most meteorite folks do, which astonished me, since He has lived in Oregon most of his life. None the less, the stress Is on the a or am. Best wishes, Michael
on 4/22/08 9:07 PM, Michael Murray at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > If you are from Oregon this is probably no big surprise... According > to one of the native Willamette residents, Willamette is not > pronounced will-a-mette, at least not by her anyway, and not > according to the the dictionary either. Totally unbeknownst to > hayseeds like myself, it is actually pronounced wi-lam-it, or you can > write that with the ligature ae in place of the a. My > confession...Besides having a difficult time with Allende for some > time, I had the name Willamette wrong too. This makes me wonder what > other meteorites names I am mispronouncing. > > Okay, I give up, who can help me with Berduc? > > Mike in CO > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list 'Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens.' --Kahlil Gibran ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list