Re: [DX-CHAT] Desecheo
Kay Pee Five Bill - Original Message - From: Ernie Walls To: dx-chat@njdxa.org Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 5:07 PM Subject: [DX-CHAT] Desecheo A question on Desecheo, site of the recent Dxpedition that we all spent some time chasing! Does anyone know the correct pronunciation of the place - there is quite a fundamental difference of opinion amongst a few amateurs at my club. My stab is DE SESH E O - but this may be nothing like it should be. Any further input, please? Ernie Ernie Walls VK3FM vk...@wallsy.com.au vk...@arrl.net Mobile 0418 301 483 --- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to imail...@njdxa.org In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-chat or subscribe dx-chat This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org --- --- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to imail...@njdxa.org In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-chat or subscribe dx-chat This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org ---
Re: [DX-CHAT] Desecheo
Bill wrote: *Kay Pee Five* ** *Bill* Since that is probably a spanish word, the e is pronounced like an A, so I believe the pronunciation would be daysaychayo, all with long A's. 73, Mike, W5UC American by birth. Texan by the grace of God* *age treachery will overcome youth skill* *management is the cesspool of life. it's the place where the big chunks float to the top* http://www.suddenlink.net/pages/w5uc/ --- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to imail...@njdxa.org In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-chat or subscribe dx-chat This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org ---
Re: [DX-CHAT] Desecheo
Ernie Walls wrote: With emphasis on the last A 73, Mike, W5UC American by birth. Texan by the grace of God* *age treachery will overcome youth skill* *management is the cesspool of life. it's the place where the big chunks float to the top* http://www.suddenlink.net/pages/w5uc/ --- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to imail...@njdxa.org In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-chat or subscribe dx-chat This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org ---
Re: [DX-CHAT] Desecheo
Hi Ernie, I say it DES A CHAY O. Most fellow DXers up here in W1 land with more than a few years in the game say it the same way. The new DXers have a variety of ways to say it, just as they say the name of VQ9. I've heard SHA GOS, SHAG OS, SHAG US. (All with a short A, O and U) My friends here in Rhode Island say CHA-GOS (with a long A and O) I imagine there are some regional differences with dialects and accents causing it to come out differently in other parts of the US and of course, other countries. According to the TAINO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE CARIBBEAN dictionary, Desecheo.-Islote al 0. de Puerto Rico. Oviedo escribe Cicheo. Es Si-keo. Si por ti, alto. ke, tierra; o, montaña. So, the native pronounciation may be using a hard C sound, such as DE SI KEO. However, according to the DXCC dictionary, it's pronounced Kilo Papa Five. 73, Bob W1YRC - Original Message - From: Ernie Walls To: dx-chat@njdxa.org Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 17:07 PM Subject: [DX-CHAT] Desecheo A question on Desecheo, site of the recent Dxpedition that we all spent some time chasing! Does anyone know the correct pronunciation of the place - there is quite a fundamental difference of opinion amongst a few amateurs at my club. My stab is DE SESH E O - but this may be nothing like it should be. Any further input, please? Ernie Ernie Walls VK3FM vk...@wallsy.com.au vk...@arrl.net Mobile 0418 301 483 --- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to imail...@njdxa.org In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-chat or subscribe dx-chat This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org ---
[DX-CHAT] Desecheo pronunciation.
To everybody who took the time and effort to respond, either through the reflector, or direct, thank you all. I think I must have caught everyone on a slow news day, as I received quite a number of responses, here and direct. Not all of them agree, but then, that's democracy, Hi. FWIW, ZL7T Chatham Island hit the air, on 17 and 20, just a few hours ago. Not a big one, but sometimes 'small fish are tasty'. 73 - good health, and good Dxing. Ernie Ernie Walls VK3FM vk...@wallsy.com.au vk...@arrl.net Mobile 0418 301 483 --- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to imail...@njdxa.org In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-chat or subscribe dx-chat This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org ---
