[meteorite-list] meteorite pronunciation

From: trandall_at_idsi.net <trandall_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:50:22 2004
Message-ID: <a05100300b8d16dcf3390_at_[64.72.71.90]>

   This is a very interesting thread, could someone make a list of at
least the more famous meteorite pronunciations? Maybe on a web site?

I've always said AH-Len-day but heard it's Ah-YEN-day.

Regards,
Tom Randall

(NOOO YAWK)

;)



>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)

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