Re: Re: AIS: Awards
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] Re: AIS: Awards
- From: B* S*
- Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 10:49:44 -0400
On 8/28/01 10:32 AM, "neilm@charter.net" <neilm@charter.net> wrote:
> --- In iris-talk@y..., "wmoores" <wmoores@w...> wrote:
> "Owyhee, I have heard several pronunciations."
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> Walter, OWYHEE is pronounced almost the same as HAWAII, and is
> actually an old alternate spelling of that word. o-WYE-hee is about
> as close as I can reproduce it. I grew up in that part of the
> country--that is the normal pronunciation there.
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> Neil Mogensen z 6b/7a near Asheville, NC
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I have heard Yaquina pronounced ya-KEE-nah and yockinaw, both by supposed
natives of the region.
Bill
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