I have been told that "St. Joachim" is pronounced "Joe - ach - em." I hope that is sort of phonetically the way to say it. I would be interested if anybody has another way to pronounce it. I will say that in and around Potosi, Mo. "Boyer" is commonly called "Boo-yer" and that is how I was brought up saying it. I think you idea is a great one. I for one never new how to pronounce "DeLassus" and I am or was a "molasses" man sayer of it. I know that is bad grammar but what the heck. ----- Original Message ----- From: Melanie Rickmar To: mostfran@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2008 9:03 PM Subject: Re: [MOSTFRAN] MOSTFRAN Digest, Vol 3, Issue 286 I think we need a list on the St. Francois County web site of pronunciations for surnames and place names. I've never been sure how to pronounce Joachim as in St. Joachim Catholic Church. And I spent years pronoucing DeLassus as Delasses as in Molasses, lol. And I've lived in St. Francois County since I was 12 years old. I had just never heard the name said - just saw it spelled on road signs. Finally I learned to pronounce it: Della Sue. And I have had people ask me in emails how St. Francois is pronounced -- Francis or Fran 'swah". (It is Francis). Does anyone have any requests?