Karen wrote: So now, is it Bill-ree-ka or is it Bill-rye-ka? I'm confused. Karen Only if your from Tex ass !!!!!!!!!!!!!! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Sullivan" <ksullivan@hvc.rr.com> To: <MAMIDDLE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 9:57 AM Subject: RE: [MAMiddle] PRONUNCIATION OF TOWN NAME > I've lived in New York for the past 40 years, but was born in Minnesota > and > as an Army brat lived in both Texas and Oklahoma. I don't know what kind > of > an accent I have now, but I always try to pronounce the names of both > people > and places as they want them pronounced. It's just common courtesy. And > when I was visiting Plymouth, Mass., some of my friends from the Alden > Kindred teased me (good-naturedly of course) about how I pronounce > "scallops." I said "skallops" and they said "skollops." Patayto, > patahto. > > So now, is it Bill-ree-ka or is it Bill-rye-ka? I'm confused. > > Karen > > -----Original Message----- > From: ancestors wanted [mailto:ancestorswanted@pembroke.myrf.net] > Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 8:58 AM > To: MAMIDDLE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [MAMiddle] PRONUNCIATION OF TOWN NAME > > > Dora, You may not like our way of pronouncing words but we have been doing > it for alot of generations. ANd if you have New England ancestors I dare > say > > the talked like we do. I am proud of my New England accent . Most of the > Texans I have known also have an accent that is interesting to say the > least. I don't find it necessary to find fault with the way you do > things-- > > please don't find fault with the way I say things. Judie > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dora Smith" <tiggernut24@yahoo.com> > To: <MAMIDDLE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2006 10:16 AM > Subject: Re: [MAMiddle] PRONUNCIATION OF TOWN NAME > > >>I usually pronounce names the way they are spelled. That goes for >>Worcester, and Gloucester. I figure that if folks want it pronounced >>differently, they can change the spelling. I can live with changes in the >>language over time, like silent e's, and silent gh, but "Worcester" = >>"Wooster" is just too ridiculous. Even "ketchup" has changed its spelling >>from teh hopelessly outdated "catsup", and that's a far less important >>word. Though it is used more often, and I can see thousands of impatient >>people refusing to write "catsup" for ketchup. >> >> Is this a product of the whole word method of teaching reading in >> schools? >> >> If Billerica isn't bill - er- ee'- kah or bill -er -eek' @ (where @ is >> some sort of universal symbol for the scwa), that's still how I'm saying >> it! >> >> I can't imagine how good old fashioned solid feet on their ground New >> England stock, of which I am one, could possibly go along with >> Gloucester - Glooster and Worcester - Wooster. When did it get to be >> Glooster anyhow. When I was a kid, it was Foster from Gloster! >> >> Anyhow, it isn't a stupid question. Gloucester = Glooster could >> reasonably have people asking if bat is still pronounced bat. >> >> Yours, >> Dora Smith >> Austin, TX >> tiggernut24@yahoo.com >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "John D. & Peggy Ledrich" <ledrich@sssnet.com> >> To: <MAMIDDLE-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2006 10:57 AM >> Subject: [MAMiddle] PRONUNCIATION OF TOWN NAME >> >> >>> Hello >>> >>> I have been on this list / digest for a while now and was wondering >>> if >>> someone could tell me how is the name of Billerica pronounced??? >>> >>> I am a phonetic speller but this one I think is different than this >>> OHIO >>> gal knows. >>> >>> I do know from a friend that Worcester is pronounced (Wuster), but >>> the >>> other town I cannot ask her about. >>> >>> Thank you for you patience and assistance!!! >>> Peggy in OHIO >> >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this outgoing message. >> Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >> Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.6/257 - Release Date: 2/10/2006 >> >> >> ============================== >> Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and >> the areas they lived. 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As a native of Lawrence MA, who attended ULowell, I always pronounced it Bill- rikka. Sue Windsor CT ----- Original Message ----- From: "edbld" <ees@prodigy.net> To: <MAMIDDLE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 10:43 AM Subject: Re: [MAMiddle] PRONUNCIATION OF TOWN NAME > Karen wrote: So now, is it Bill-ree-ka or is it Bill-rye-ka? I'm > confused. > > Karen > > Only if your from Tex ass !!!!!!!!!!!!!! > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Karen Sullivan" <ksullivan@hvc.rr.com> > To: <MAMIDDLE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 9:57 AM > Subject: RE: [MAMiddle] PRONUNCIATION OF TOWN NAME > > >> I've lived in New York for the past 40 years, but was born in Minnesota >> and >> as an Army brat lived in both Texas and Oklahoma. I don't know what kind >> of >> an accent I have now, but I always try to pronounce the names of both >> people >> and places as they want them pronounced. It's just common courtesy. And >> when I was visiting Plymouth, Mass., some of my friends from the Alden >> Kindred teased me (good-naturedly of course) about how I pronounce >> "scallops." I said "skallops" and they said "skollops." Patayto, >> patahto. >> >> So now, is it Bill-ree-ka or is it Bill-rye-ka? I'm confused. >> >> Karen >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: ancestors wanted [mailto:ancestorswanted@pembroke.myrf.net] >> Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 8:58 AM >> To: MAMIDDLE-L@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [MAMiddle] PRONUNCIATION OF TOWN NAME >> >> >> Dora, You may not like our way of pronouncing words but we have been >> doing >> it for alot of generations. ANd if you have New England ancestors I dare >> say >> >> the talked like we do. I am proud of my New England accent . Most of >> the >> Texans I have known also have an accent that is interesting to say the >> least. I don't find it necessary to find fault with the way you do >> things-- >> >> please don't find fault with the way I say things. Judie >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Dora Smith" <tiggernut24@yahoo.com> >> To: <MAMIDDLE-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2006 10:16 AM >> Subject: Re: [MAMiddle] PRONUNCIATION OF TOWN NAME >> >> >>>I usually pronounce names the way they are spelled. That goes for >>>Worcester, and Gloucester. I figure that if folks want it pronounced >>>differently, they can change the spelling. I can live with changes in >>>the >>>language over time, like silent e's, and silent gh, but "Worcester" = >>>"Wooster" is just too ridiculous. Even "ketchup" has changed its >>>spelling >>>from teh hopelessly outdated "catsup", and that's a far less important >>>word. Though it is used more often, and I can see thousands of impatient >>>people refusing to write "catsup" for ketchup. >>> >>> Is this a product of the whole word method of teaching reading in >>> schools? >>> >>> If Billerica isn't bill - er- ee'- kah or bill -er -eek' @ (where @ is >>> some sort of universal symbol for the scwa), that's still how I'm saying >>> it! >>> >>> I can't imagine how good old fashioned solid feet on their ground New >>> England stock, of which I am one, could possibly go along with >>> Gloucester - Glooster and Worcester - Wooster. When did it get to be >>> Glooster anyhow. When I was a kid, it was Foster from Gloster! >>> >>> Anyhow, it isn't a stupid question. Gloucester = Glooster could >>> reasonably have people asking if bat is still pronounced bat. >>> >>> Yours, >>> Dora Smith >>> Austin, TX >>> tiggernut24@yahoo.com >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "John D. & Peggy Ledrich" <ledrich@sssnet.com> >>> To: <MAMIDDLE-L@rootsweb.com> >>> Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2006 10:57 AM >>> Subject: [MAMiddle] PRONUNCIATION OF TOWN NAME >>> >>> >>>> Hello >>>> >>>> I have been on this list / digest for a while now and was wondering >>>> if >>>> someone could tell me how is the name of Billerica pronounced??? >>>> >>>> I am a phonetic speller but this one I think is different than this >>>> OHIO >>>> gal knows. >>>> >>>> I do know from a friend that Worcester is pronounced (Wuster), but >>>> the >>>> other town I cannot ask her about. >>>> >>>> Thank you for you patience and assistance!!! >>>> Peggy in OHIO >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> No virus found in this outgoing message. >>> Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >>> Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.6/257 - Release Date: >>> 2/10/2006 >>> >>> >>> ============================== >>> Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and >>> the areas they lived. 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