: Learn to speak Wisconsin

[Scot LaFaive]

We should change all Indian origin names to Anglo-Saxon names to make it
easy for everyone to learn and speak them. Then we'd never have to "slap"
anyone.

Scot


>From: Susan Rosine <basenjiluvr at MSN.COM>
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>Subject: Re: : Learn to speak Wisconsin
>Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2007 11:20:21 -0600
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>Guess Chicagoans would have a problem in Washington state too, with its NW
>Indian names, including:
>Puyallup
>Mukilteo
>Sequim
>Yakima
>Skagit Island
>Snoqualmie
>Sammamish
>Issaquah
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>Date:    Fri, 7 Sep 2007 22:10:17 -0400
>From:    Beverly Flanigan <flanigan at OHIO.EDU>
>Subject: Re: Learn to speak Wisconsin
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>These pronunciations are no problem for us Minnesotans; we have an
>abundance of Native Indian place names ourselves (Ojibwe and Dakota Sioux).
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>At 09:53 PM 9/7/2007, you wrote:
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> >Poster:       Tom Zurinskas <truespel at HOTMAIL.COM>
> >Subject:      Learn to speak Wisconsin
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> >The below from the Chicago Tribune
> >
> >
> >Learn to speak Wisconsin
> >Posted by Toni Salama 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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