The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-11-01
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Professor Hart. ~ hla interesting ar
ticlc en- Oklahoma In the Transcript.
admuuicN,d HIS New England readers
'tat IL g. pronounced oak. not OKLA
hoTun. Professor Hart ala wei, as an
editorial Paragraph OF the same Issue
thereby noted. The Same paragraph
commented on other pronunuiations OF
places. uscd by their residents. that
arc quite different from our Usage.
Now this ia o. New York sun field and
the clerk enters upon IL with somo
trcpiCgtiun. hut here goes: the
transcripts editorial notes Iowa. VIZ
rinln and Oregon among the other
names not pronounced here ns NJ home.
Thcn tS,r, D. ohio. which the native
1 ks uut u huh." diHrCgardiIg our
sulemu "Oa- hi-oh." We and the ga
zcttc,fs say New Orleans" accent on
the cor" Down there they stress the
last syllable and cal 10 Teens" Omaha
IN "Gma hnw.' not "Orlahah.' Los
Vegas h. Los VnFas." Missouri IL
"Mizznura." You are more likely to
hear 'ICloraydo" than Colorado" In
that state. Spokane Ia as IL there was
no 20" Ia u. Manitoba o. accented on
the pcnult, not tho ultimate. Quincy.
H., n not "QulIzy." Galveston stresses
the Yves rather than the Gal. Terra
Hut" the natives call IL. More say
"I.oosiana'' than "Louczlana." Tucson
~ "TooEon." accent on the ultimate.
and so ON. You have perhaps heard
OF the Frcnchman who came TO Amer
lea To see the city OF wiuona. Mimi,
attracted by It's beautiful name. which
he pronounced "wccnonnh." Landing
AT New York he scarcely gave any at
tcntion To the metropolis. bu; pushed
on To the west. Chicago was seen only
In changing ears. and as the train
glided along the Mississippi and APP
Aus Ia l.sN tfttI 81
rounded by the rich vcrdure and ro-
mantle buns cf the upper Mississippi.
the Frcnchman was enchanted. The
train slowed up before stopping Mt the
station. the Frenchman half rose from
his seat In fcvcrish anticipation. when
the brakeman opened the door and
yelled ''WCinony!" The Frenchman
collapsed i'm his scat hcartbrokcn. and
did not leave the train NJ Winona.
what queer pronunciatlons!" ex-
claim my New England readers. In
deed? Here I let my ncighbor, an
Iowa man. take his pen I'm hand and
put In type the glowing words he has
cften emitted In my presence. This Is
what he says
Yes. am from Iowa. and I never
heard any othCg than the pronunciation
I-o-wu (acccnt on the FIRST syllnblcD
until I came cast oh. yes. occasionally
the older and more rural people would
call 10 I-O-way,' which ~ really tho
original Indian pronunciation. hut this
I-oh-a was unknown to Lowndcs or
anybody else In the Hawkcyc state.
Yet no one here calls II anything else.
When I 90 to register and | ann asked
where l was born. the solemn clerk
puts Il down ireland and asks II have
my naturalization papers. Now. how
do you folks get such pronunciation?
IL isn't found In any encyclopedia or ga
gettccr that l ever saw. II Is incorrect
and Ia me sounds siilted. Nor do your
own pronunc!utlOns convince me. Why
on earth do you say Quincy when
that syllable begins with n C. never
pronounced other thnn IS or 'k?' Why
do you say 'Waltham' aud Wren
than and alam oft that than so
roundlyf Used TO those RECOMMENDATIONS
! and the dwelling on the last syllable In
Scwburyport. etc. ! once lnnocently
pronounced the nam" OF that Cape Cod
town ns Il IL spelled. Bnrnstablc,
thinking stable ns good word rs
barn. and us well worth dwelling on,
and the office rolrcd NJ me. Why say
'wooburn when you spell II Woburn
But worst OF all IL that pretty little
MiddlCscN town whose name / rather
liked until I heard II over and over
again blnrcd out Bill Kicker"
am afraid my Iowan's case is n
desperate one. But I confess some
sympathy for him, don't you?