[meteorite-list] Pronouncing Willamette and other meteorite names

From: Chris Peterson <clp_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:23:47 -0600
Message-ID: <074401c8a4f9$d92b3a80$0a01a8c0_at_bellatrix>

Certainly, Willamette is an unexpected pronunciation if you aren't
familiar with the area. But is there something odd about Allende? I've
always assumed it was (approximately) ah-YEN-dey. Is it something other
than you would expect for standard Spanish?

Chris

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Murray" <mmurray at montrose.net>
To: "Meteorite Mailing List" <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 10:07 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Pronouncing Willamette and other meteorite
names


> If you are from Oregon this is probably no big surprise... According
> to one of the native Willamette residents, Willamette is not
> pronounced will-a-mette, at least not by her anyway, and not
> according to the the dictionary either. Totally unbeknownst to
> hayseeds like myself, it is actually pronounced wi-lam-it, or you can
> write that with the ligature ae in place of the a. My
> confession...Besides having a difficult time with Allende for some
> time, I had the name Willamette wrong too. This makes me wonder what
> other meteorites names I am mispronouncing.
>
> Okay, I give up, who can help me with Berduc?
>
> Mike in CO
Received on Wed 23 Apr 2008 12:23:47 AM PDT