Re: how to pronounce YAQUINA BLUE
- To: Multiple recipients of list <i*@rt66.com>
- Subject: Re: how to pronounce YAQUINA BLUE
- From: D* M* <d*@southconn.com>
- Date: Mon, 11 Aug 1997 19:35:12 -0600 (MDT)
>On Mon, 11 Aug 1997, Jeff and Carolyn Walters wrote:
>>Native American words and their derivatives don't count! For instance, >>
>>does anyone outside Oregon really know how to pronounce YAQUINA BLUE
>>(particularly the first word). I have heard about as many variations on
>>this one as have been proposed for SPURIA.
>>Jeff Walters in northern Utah (USDA Zone 4, Sunset Zone 2)
>
> I'll try. YuhKEENuh
> Walter Moores
I'll go for: YA-kee-NAH or A-kee-NAH!
I've often wondered about how this one was pronounced ever since I first
saw it in the Schreiner's catalog a few years ago. Don't keep us in
suspense Jeff. Please demonstrate the proper phonetics for this word.
-Donald
Donald Mosser
Member of AIS, HIPS, SIGNA, SSI, SLI, SPCNI, and IRIS-L
dmosser@southconn.com
North Augusta, South Carolina, USA
On the South Carolina and Georgia Border
USDA Zone 7b-8
