Re: FW: OT:MISS SALTILLO

In a message dated 5/23/00 8:37:13 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
wmoores@watervalley.net writes:

<< This is, of course, quite different 
 from the Spanish saw TI' yo.  During the Mescan Wah, it seems 
 there were a number of suthrners fighting for the cause.  They were 
 esctatic over the exotic sounding place names they found and 
 where they fought.  So much so, the returning soldiers wanted to 
 name new communities for these faraway places.  The 'best' 
 corrupted Spanish pronounciation in MS is not Saltillo but Jay 
 Center for Jacinto!  Jacinto is mispronounced in TX also, but the 
 'best' one there is My Hair for the city of Mexia, TX.  If these 
 soldiers just had a tape recorder! >>

Not entirely a Texas thang, of course. I received a phone call from a lady in 
the Mid-west who was looking for an iris a few days ago. Pronounced her town 
name Mur-seals. Turned out to be spelled Marseilles.

Anner, in Virginia, halfway on the geographical diagonal between Fort 
Defiance and Moon.
ChatOWhitehall@aol.com 

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