In a message dated 12/18/2003 6:13:46 PM Central Standard Time, georgia@corpsie.com writes: > Okay, I'll bite.  How do you pronounce Gravois? > I grew up in Afton, and never, ever heard Gravois pronounced Grav wah.  I heard many people slaughter it by saying Gravoizzz, but I always thought the correct pronunciation to be Gravoi as with the s being silent  and the voi sounding as voy. Lea in KCMO Researching - Ripper, VonderHaar, Cirtautas, Gerst, Blumfelder and many more

Lea, See, I grew up at the Lake of the Ozarks, so I was CLUELESS when it came to BIG CITY street names. We just never had street names at the Lake. Everything was State Road this and Lake Road that. LOL! I thought I was so-o-o-o-o educated when I came up here and said "Grav-wah" for the first time, and my husband's friends all thought I was joking around. Thank goodness for that, because we still associate with those people. I also said "Dog-er-tee Ferry Road" once and they just laughed and laughed. As we all know, it's "DO-er-tee Ferry"! Lisa Farrand Kemp "Tempora mutantur nos et mutamur in illis" ----- Original Message ----- From: <MomRip@aol.com> To: <MO-STLOUIS-METRO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2003 3:29 PM Subject: [StL-Metro] Re: Gravois Pronunciation > I grew up in Afton, and never, ever heard Gravois pronounced Grav wah. I > heard many people slaughter it by saying Gravoizzz, but I always thought the > correct pronunciation to be Gravoi > as with the s being silent and the voi sounding as voy. > Lea in KCMO > Researching - Ripper, VonderHaar, Cirtautas, Gerst, Blumfelder and many more