Learn to speak Wisconsin

Sat Sep 8 14:18:31 UTC 2007

DEAR SIR,

PLEASE STOP SENDING ME E-MAILS.

THANKS AND REGARDS,

> Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2007 06:49:44 -0500> From: jsalmons at WISC.EDU> Subject: Re: Learn to speak Wisconsin> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> > ---------------------- Information from the mail header -----------------------> Sender: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>> Poster: Joseph Salmons <jsalmons at WISC.EDU>> Subject: Re: Learn to speak Wisconsin> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------> > Well, as Wisconsin's own Mr. Verb pointed out (on a tip from Ben> Zimmer) at the beginning of the week, Miss Pronouncer is a valuable> resource in many ways -- covering not just place names of Indian> origin (mostly Algonquian), but also names of political and sports> figures, place names of immigrant-language heritage (illustrated in> the list), you name it.> > But it's marred by a nasty attitude about regional speech: The> website says, as Ben noted, "And by the way, please slap anyone who> says WESconsin!" She and her friends have got a lot!
  of slapping to> do, given what I hear every day.> > Joe> > On Sep 7, 2007, at 9:10 PM, Beverly Flanigan wrote:> > > ---------------------- Information from the mail header> > -----------------------> > Sender: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>> > Poster: Beverly Flanigan <flanigan at OHIO.EDU>> > Subject: Re: Learn to speak Wisconsin> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------> > ---------> >> > These pronunciations are no problem for us Minnesotans; we have an> > abundance of Native Indian place names ourselves (Ojibwe and Dakota> > Sioux).> >> > At 09:53 PM 9/7/2007, you wrote:> >> ---------------------- Information from the mail header> >> -----------------------> >> Sender: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>> >> Poster: Tom Zurinskas <truespel at HOTMAIL.COM>> >> Subject: Learn to speak Wisconsin> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------> >> ----------> >>> >> The below from the Chic!
 ago Tribune> >>> >>> >> Learn to speak Wisconsin> >> Posted by Toni Sa

lama at 8 a.m. CDT> >>> >> Some Wisconsin place names are downright intimidating. If they're not> >> out-and-out tongue-twisters, their spelling can stump even the most> >> lingually gifted among us.> >>> >> I guess you have to expect that in a state whose very name,> >> Wisconsin, is> >> the English spelling of a French version of an Indian name for the> >> river> >> that runs through the center of the state.> >>> >> To the rescue comes MissPronouncer.com, where a click on Wisconsin> >> place> >> names is rewarded with audio of the correct pronunciation.> >>> >> Among the trickiest problems solved:> >>> >> Ashwaubenon> >> Chequamegon> >> Kaukauna> >> Kinnickinnic> >> Menomonie> >> Mequon> >> Oconomowoc> >> Prairie du Chien> >> St. Nazianz> >> Trempealeau> >> Weyauwega> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL5+> >> See truespel.com - and the 4 truespel books plus "Occasional> >> Poems" at> >> authorhouse.com.> >>> >> ______________________________________!
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