[meteorite-list] meteorite pronunciation

From: Martin Horejsi <martinh_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:50:22 2004
Message-ID: <B8D0C14A.2941%martinh_at_isu.edu>

Hi All,

One I always hear mispronounced is Willamette.

It is said as "wil-LAM-it"

Not "will-a-MET" as so many non-Oregonians say.

By the way, that's ORE-a-gun, not or-E-gone or ORE-e-gun.


Martin in ID (not Indiana)
Received on Wed 03 Apr 2002 04:25:15 PM PST