Just watched a TV show of a Bill Gaither "Homecoming" (Gospel hour) that was done in Louisville, Kentucky. A couple of the singers from the show went out with a camera man to stop people on the street and ask them, "How do you pronounce the name of the capital of Kentucky, is it 'Louey-vill' or 'Loo-ih-vill'?") and they got all sorts of answers from both native residents and tourists. Of course the joke is, the capital of Kentucky is pronounced "Frank-fort".
My aunt was from Kentucky and I am not sure I can even spell Louisville the way she pronounced it... something akin to "LOUH-vull", but almost as a single syllable.
Semper Vaporo
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"Degg" - one syllable (drop the e to get the sound in print?) Sounds incomplete. Maybe Ham N. Degges?
Ricki was right!
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
CShaveRR Des Plaines (the street, the river, the suburb): Dis-PLANES. But Illinois still has a silent S.
Des Plaines (the street, the river, the suburb): Dis-PLANES.
But Illinois still has a silent S.
I one time had a window salesman proudly tell me his products were produced in Doo-Boo-Q, Iowa. I correctly guessed that he had never been there.
Thanks to Chris / CopCarSS for my avatar.
Mookie "Degg" - one syllable (drop the e to get the sound in print?) Sounds incomplete. Maybe Ham N. Degges? Ricki was right!
Johnny
Right across the river we have the charming village of Gananoque.
That's Gan-an-OCK-way, not Gan-an-OAK.
And not to far from me is Chaumont (after the region in France). Sha-MOH, not "CHOW-mont, or Sha-MONT.
And south a few dozen miles is Pulaski - pull-a$$-K(EYE), not pull-a$$-KEE.
My eighth grade American history teacher used to say that you have to put the em-FOSS-iss on the right sil-LOB-bull...
The list is huge...
Of course, one major factor in local pronunciation tends to be - local pronunciation, which may extend well beyond the place name.
Larry Resident Microferroequinologist (at least at my house) Everyone goes home; Safety begins with you My Opinion. Standard Disclaimers Apply. No Expiration Date Come ride the rails with me! There's one thing about humility - the moment you think you've got it, you've lost it...
Deggesty Mookie "Degg" - one syllable (drop the e to get the sound in print?) Sounds incomplete. Maybe Ham N. Degges? Ricki was right! Mookie, I'll go you one better. My grandfather's first name was Cookman, and he went by a diminutive of that. He enlisted in Company I of the 40th Virginia Infantry in 1861, and his brother William Hamilton enlisted in the same company in 1862. After my great-uncle joined, Company I did not have to worry so much about food, because it had Cook Degges and Ham Degges.
afternoon
work not so busy today.Saw a Mookie unit going westbound on NS with a stack train. Local was uptown switching cars. Rain in Illinois now on it's way here. Guessers say tomorrow could be scary.
stay safe
Joe
Deshler Ohio-crossroads of the B&O Matt eats your fries.YUM! Clinton st viaduct undefeated against too tall trucks!!!(voted to be called the "Clinton St. can opener").
Joe - call Kansas - they got the brunt of our storm. However, HAiL, yes! Not a lot, quarter sized and Millie was glad she was in a garage. Long time since we last had hail and in the fall is a surprise, but it melted and is wet, so we kept it.
Mookie,
In 2001 I was at Independence, KS at the Cessna single engine plant. We had to wait to depart thanks to one of those whopper sized thunderstorms you have on the prairies. We were flying a Twin Cessna, and had to fly two hundred miles north before we could turn on course for Michigan.
Never before had I seen a storm that large. Duly impressed.
Norm
Norm: Ah, the Land of Oz!
We really struggled to get much moisture out of Kansas this year. Not thinking we will get much snow, either. Kansas had some goodies this year - right up to and including KC.
Don't you get quite a bit of snow up in your area, rather than summer storms?
MookieDon't you get quite a bit of snow up in your area, rather than summer storms?
Spent my younger years about 20 miles from where Norm lives.
They get snow, sometimes even lake effect, but it's usually pretty mild. There are times, though...
Summer storms? One of the ten deadliest US tornadoes ever hit Flint, MI in 1953 - and the area is no stranger to lesser storms. I've been through a few there myself. My hometown was hit by another tornado from the same system as the Flint twister.
We had interesting winter weather on the other side of the mitten from Norm and Larry. Grand Haven itself didn't get much snow, because the dunes would carry the Lake-effect stuff up and over the city. Just a little bit inland, though, it would come back down. Grand Rapids often got it worse than we did.Pat still remembers the tornado that hit west of Grand Rapids in 1956, devastating the (unincorporated) town of Standale. She says her mother, brother, and she were in the basement (northwest side of GR), while Dad "kept a lookout" upstairs. I remember our family driving through the devastation a few times afterwards. They rebuilt most of the stores, but with the typical cheap designs of the mid- to late fifties, and many have had to be strengthened or replaced in the ensuing years.
Carl
Railroader Emeritus (practiced railroading for 46 years--and in 2010 I finally got it right!)
CAACSCOCOM--I don't want to behave improperly, so I just won't behave at all. (SM)
Gentlemen: This is interesting. I am very surprised that a state as far north as Michigan has severe summer weather. I just figured it was so far north it would miss all the fluctuations involved in a tornado. Guess I need to have Michigan explained to me.
So - like Nebraska - has the weather changed a lot since, say 1950's? We had huge blizzards, torrential rains and some messy floods - in Lincoln local. Now we barely get any water, snow is an occasional burst of energy but for the most part very manageable and summers are a tad cooler and winters a tad warmer.
You may see those blizzards again Mookie. The weather is about as predictable as, well, the weather.
Larry is right though. Michigan weather can be whatever comes our way. The old saying goes 'If you don't like the weather, wait till tomorrow'.
rain here in Nw ohio. trick or treat was moved to Saturday. Ns was busy as usual.Local was back bringing cars. Here in Nw ohio if you don't like the weather wait 5 minutes, you'll hate it more.Chores to do.
Chilly and rainy all day in SE Michigan.
Norm48327 Chilly and rainy all day in SE Michigan.
Definitely raining here in the wilds of northern New York, but it's actually fairly warm - 60F as I write this.
We've got high winds on tap for tonight - so I'll probably be out chasing trees and wires down calls.
I've been slowly plugging away at putting a steel roof on the kitchen - I'll have it done before the snow flies (I hope). Had to "go aloft" today to ensure there were no major loose ends for the wind to take advantage of.
Sitting here waiting for the trick-or-treaters to come by (four so far), with the Mierlo-Hout webcam up. It may be past midnight there, but there's plenty of action on the rails.
The Mierlo-Hout cam hasn't been back up all that long, but it is on here in the corner of my screen just about every day. It is like having a picture window to look out. The heartbeat of a city.
Haven't figured out the construction of the underpass yet, but still fun to look at for a few.
good Saturday morning
little wet here in nw ohio. We welcomed a new great nephew into the family this week. 9lbs 2 0z 21 inches long .everyone is doing great. Matt is going with cousins for the rescheduled trick or treat. Don't forget to fall back and change your smoke detector batteries too.
joe
Wondering if Ed survived all the rain in Houston. I was told there was some flooding around Austin.
Norm48327 Wondering if Ed survived all the rain in Houston. I was told there was some flooding around Austin.
Here in San Antonio we got anywhere from 1 to 3 inches of rain, depending on where in the city you lived.
Just north of us in Canyon Lake, they received up to 14.5 inches. The Austin area also had some pretty bad flooding.
Here in Texas with rain its either feast or famine. Bur we are grateful for the rain.
Damp day here, but I didn't notice because I was inside manning our booth all day at the train show in Syracuse. Good turnout, and lots of interest in what we have to offer.
Not to mention a goodly number of people who have ridden with us and are anxious to ride again. Never a bad thing!
Time to get stuff ready for tomorrow. The coloring sheets for the kids were very popular.
54, partly cloudy, Kansas is blowing leaves into our yard (blow your head off south wind), got all clocks changed and Driver in a coma. Instead of gaining an hour, he seems to have lost several.
And in tribute to yesterday's football game - Hail Mary!
evening
csx was still backed up today.They had a mess in Erie Pa which caused back ups elsewhere. Going to be a busy week this week.
JoeKohThey had a mess in Erie Pa which caused back ups elsewhere.
One of our volunteers works for one of the package companies. The didn't get some of their trailers on time...
Wrapped up day two of the Syracuse train show. Attendance was apparently pretty good, although they didn't have firm numbers just yet. We were busy most of the time at our booth.
Usually I pick up one package of people. This time I got two. Couldn't resist a package of rail vagabonds. The other was station workers and accessories - mostly some suitcases and baggage handling stuff.
Better late than never department - also picked up at GTW boxcar in commemoration of my visit to Owosso this past summer.
I'm beat. Bed is sounding very tempting...
Tree: Say hello to Mr. Pillow. (and keep up the good fight when you're rested. Sleep fast!) I'll be paying him a visit soon enough.
Front just blew through here, temperature dropped like a stone. Da boyz are suddenly frisky. All those leaves I picked-up this afternoon suddenly have replacements.(from somebody else's yard) We are beginning to see the weatherliars waffle on how much snow starting tomorrow afternoon. Quit being just flurries.
(Heard Joe was out doing chalk art on the sidewalk today)
Gotta go back to work on the Ottawa Oswego & Fox River Valley RR mess tomorrow.
You'll have better weather in Ottawa, for sure. Might be a little wet, but it will be warmer.Is it ominous that the reporting marks of that railroad would have started with "Oh-Oh"?There's an aqueduct over the Fox River at Ottawa. Used to be for the Illinois and Michigan Canal, but is now part of the bike trail that follows the canal. Certainly one of the more unusual places to take a bike.I'd say more about the restaurant we visited in Ladd (Rip's--Ladd is a few miles west of Ottawa off 80), but I know how you feel about cannibalism. Not available on Mondays or Tuesdays, or for lunch.
Hotel reservation has been made for the visit to the Wisconsin Quilt Museum and Trainfest this weekend.
MC that whole "chalk" thing is a bunch of-----------. Can't get through town without 4 wheel drive or boots.Just when you think it would calm down here come everyone's favorite ACLU. They wouldn't have come if the local fishwrap didn't take a jab at the protesters by showing kids drawing on the sidewalks in town. Csx was moving yesterday. Had a rough set of switches at INDO.(milepost 113).Work is busy busy busy. Ns had an engine uptown. Mamma says go in early just this once. Tomorrow is election day.Vote early and often.
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