[meteorite-list] Pronouncing Willamette and other meteorite names

From: Impactika at aol.com <Impactika_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:08:33 EDT
Message-ID: <cfd.30bd6f67.354242c1_at_aol.com>

Hello Larry and List,
 
Obviously, you are talking about the Ensisheim Show, and I pronince the name
the way that looks most likely to me, something like En-zi-sheim. But mybe
you should ask the local people since yes, the area has changed nationality
repeatedly thru the centuries. Maybe Zelimir can help.
 
But I can help you with Orgueil, or L'Aigle.
And many names are easy to pronounce if you break them down, something like:
Mill-bill-hill-lie.or Ta-fa-ssa-sset.
Nothing to it!!!
 
BTW: Anyone of you in the Denver area this weekend? we have a nice,
relatively important Show at the Holiday Inn. Go here for details:
_http://www.mzexpos.com/colorado_spring.htm_ (http://www.mzexpos.com/colorado_spring.htm)
 
See you there, maybe.
 
Anne M. Black
_www.IMPACTIKA.com_ (http://www.IMPACTIKA.com)
_IMPACTIKA at aol.com_ (mailto:IMPACTIKA at aol.com)
Vice-President of IMCA Inc.
_www.IMCA.cc_ (http://www.IMCA.cc)
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 4/23/2008 9:38:27 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
lebofsky at lpl.arizona.edu writes:
Hi all:

Sounds like a new Meteorite magazine column to me!

Could be done alphabetically or by country (would need volunteers from the
countries involved [regional for USA?] or people who speak the language).

Anyone want to volunteer to do it/oversee it? Start it off? Anyone, anyone?

By the way, off line I got this suggestion (sort of) from Anne Black and
my question to her is:

There is a Gem and Mineral show the occurs every year during the summer,
in Eastern France, where a meteorite was seen to fall (over 500 years
ago). How is it pronounced? I bring this up since someone today mentioned
asking Anne how to pronounce French meteorites and, in Anne's room at the
Tucson show, I heard two different pronunciations of this show/meteorite
from two people who spoke with French accents! Yes Anne, you still have an
accent!

In this case, does it have to do with the fact that it is near a
German-speaking country?

Larry

Co-Editor, Meteorite magazine
 



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