[Ads-l] Skagit

[Christopher Philippo]

On Sep 24, 2016, at 7:41 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> Wikipedia advises that Skagit Co., Washington, is pronounced "ska-jit."
> /'skae JIt/.

“Wikipedia advises”?

More accurate to write “‘Tradnor,’ who may or may not have been properly informed and who may or may not have been serious, wrote”:
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Skagit_County,_Washington&diff=prev&oldid=15981813 <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Skagit_County,_Washington&diff=prev&oldid=15981813>

Tradnor, I would guess, was from Washington given the edit history (from Feb to Nov 2005) https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/Tradnor&offset=&limit=500&target=Tradnor <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/Tradnor&offset=&limit=500&target=Tradnor> but that alone would not make an authority.
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