Re: Re: AIS: Awards
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] Re: AIS: Awards
- From: M* S*
- Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 07:57:10 -0700
Heard Ray Schreiner pronounce it ya KWEEN a
Mike
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From: Bill Shear <wshear@hsc.edu>
To: IRIS <iris-talk@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 7:49 AM
Subject: Re: [iris-talk] Re: AIS: Awards
> On 8/28/01 10:32 AM, "neilm@charter.net" <neilm@charter.net> wrote:
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> > --- In iris-talk@y..., "wmoores" <wmoores@w...> wrote:
> > "Owyhee, I have heard several pronunciations."
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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.
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> Bill
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