The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1907-06-06

Names Of Cities P~eaounesd Daaes-
ently a. Positions Change
Prof Hart, In bis interesting article
on Oklahoma, admonished his New
England readers that II Is pronounced
Oak. not Oklahoma. says tho Boston
Transcript Prof. Hart did well. as
an editorial paragraph OF the same Is
sue thereby noted The same paragraph
commented ON other pronuneiations OF
places. used by their residents that are
quite different from our usage. The
editorial notes Iowa. Virginia and Ore.
gon among other names not pronounced
here as at home. Then there Is Ohio,
which the native Jerks out suhiuh."
dlsrexarding our solemn '>Oh-hi-oh We
and the gazetteers say New Orleans.
accent on the Or Down there they
stress the last syllable and call II
''ieens.- Omaha Ia "Omahaw." not
.'Omahah-" Las Vegas Is LAS vayas"
Missouri Is "Mizzoura-- You are more
likely to hear '.Coloraydo~ than Colo
rahdo" In that State Spokane Is az
IL there was no ~e" In It. Manitoba La
accented ON the penult not the ulti-
mate. Quincy (rll) Is not ~Quinzy."
Galveston stresses the '-ves- rather
than the Gal" Terra Hut the ma
tives call II.
More say ~Lcosiana" than ~Iouez-
lana" Tucson" Is '-rooson." accent on
the ultimate. and 50 on You have per
haps heard Of the Frenchman who
came TO America TO see the city OF
winona. Mimi. attracted by It's beauti-
rui name. which he pronounced Wee
nonah-" Landing at New York. he
scarcely gave any attention to the me
tropoiis. but pushed on TO the west
was seen only In changing cars.
and as the train giided along the Ms
sissippi and approached what Is beau
tifui city. surrounded by the rich YER
dure and romantic biuffs of the upper
Mississippi. the Frenchman was en-
chanted- The train slowed up before |
stopping at the station, the Frenchman
half rose from his seat In feyerish an |
tlel7ation. when the brakeman opened |
the door and yelled 'sweinonyi" The |
Frenchman collapsed In his seat heart !
broken. and aid not leave the train at
wfnona-
What queer pronunciafionsl" ex~
.laim my New England readers. In
ieedl Here let nay nelghbor. an Iowa
nan. take his pen In hand and put In
type the glowing words he has often
.mstted In my presence This u what
lie says:
Yes. I am from Iowa and ns-er
heard any other than the pronouncia-
ion Iowa (sccent on the nrsf syI
able) until came east Oh. yes
the older and more rural
'eople would cali It T-osway.' which IL
eally the original Indian pronuncfa-
Ion But this T-oh-a' was unknown TO
.owndes or anybody else In the Hawk
ye State Yet no one here calls II
else. When I go to register
nd am asked where was born. the
olenn clerk puts II down ireland and
SKIS II | have my naturalization pa
ers- Now. bow do ron folks get such
Observation-Disclosures AZ A@4 AV0AF& III AA2y
yclopedia or gazetteer that ever saw.
Tor do your own pronunciations con-
ince me. Why on earth do you say
2uInzy' when the syllable begins with I
C. never pronounced other than IS
r XII Why do you say 'waltharn'
nd 'wrentham' and slam out that
ham roundly7 Used to those pro-
unciations and the dwelling on the
lst syllable in Newburyport. etc.
nee innocentiy pronounced the name OF
bat Cape Cod town as II Ia spelled
thinking stable as good
word as barn and as well worth
yelling on, and the ONCE reared at
e. Why say 'wooburn' when you
,ell 1t woburnY But worst Of all Ia
at pretty little Mtddlesex town. whose
anne rather liked until I heard II
rer and over again blared out Bill
icker's
am afraid my Towan's case is
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