pronunciations of Houston

[Dan Goodman]

This was discussed several years ago.  I wasn't able to find the
discussion here, but did find a post from me to the Dorothyl list:

Date:    Tue, 27 Oct 1998 12:57:24 -0600
From:    Dan Goodman {dsgood at visi.com}
Subject: Re: Houston vs House-ton

The six (if I recall correctly) different pronunciations of "Houston"
in American place-names was discussed on ADS-L (the American Dialect
Society list) a year or so ago.

Each and every one of those pronunciations is "correct" -- they were
named after Houstons whose name was pronounced in those ways.

If I recall correctly, the _original_ pronunciation is "hoose-ton" --
it's a Scottish name.

On Mon, 26 Oct 1998, Sharon Villines wrote:

}}Now, let's talk about Houston Mill Rd in Atlanta. {G}  Coming from
Houston,
}}guess how I pronounced it?  Yup, I was wrong.  It's HOUSE-TON Mill
Rd.  Sigh.
}
}There may be a longer story to this pronunciation since the NYC
Houston is
}also pronounced House-ton and is below the village so I don't think
it is
}likely to be even a new-ish street.
}