[meteorite-list] How to pronounce Willamette

From: Chris Peterson <clp_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:56:51 -0600
Message-ID: <013601c8a5ae$7da1d6f0$0a01a8c0_at_bellatrix>

Except, of course, that's not what it's called. Wil-LAM-it or Wil-a-MET,
nobody familiar with meteorites is going to fail to know what you are
talking about. That's generally true for any common pronunciation
variants with other meteorites as well. Tomanowo will generate lots of
blank stares.

Formalized nomenclature exists for a reason.

Chris

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
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----- Original Message -----
From: "E.P. Grondine" <epgrondine at yahoo.com>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 7:44 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] How to pronounce Willamette


> Hi all -
>
> How do you pronounce "Willamette"?
>
> Easy. You call it "Tomanowo":
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willamette_Meteorite
>
> Either "tom-a-no-wo" or "to-ma-no-wo" is an acceptable
> pronunciation.
>
> E.P. Grondine
> Man and Impact in the Americas
Received on Wed 23 Apr 2008 09:56:51 PM PDT