I, too, appreciate all of the insights into the pronunciations of all of the towns in Missouri. I was born in St. Louis, family lived in Ironton, but moved to California in 1952. I still have lots of family members in Missouri, and am never sure as to how to pronounce some of the names of the towns. Thanks to All, Joyce Nash-Wafford Carmichael, CA ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Turner Harris" <chinahilltop@charter.net> To: <mostfran@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2008 10:31 AM Subject: Re: [MOSTFRAN] Pronunciation of names and places > Thanks to all who have shared insights into the pronunciation of names and > places. I would like to add a couple that I am well familiar with. The > Piasa Bird of legend around Alton, Ill. and that area suffers a lot by new > "announcers" etc. I was brought up with it being pronounced "Pie-a-saw" > Bird. Some out of the area people pronounce it "Pee-as-ah" (that is not > easy to do phonetically spell out) and the nearest town to me is Alton or > "All-ton." That is often pronounced "Al-ton." Closer to St. Francois Co. > would be Potosi, Mo. I have always called it "Pah-toe-see." A friend > family from "up north" visited it one time and said "what a quaint little > town this 'Pah-ta-see' is." I have always heard "Sansoucie" pronounced > "San-sue-cie " like Ms. Carver has mentioned. I agree with Ms. Patterson > about "Joachim." I remember Joachim Andujar pitching for the St. Louis > Cardinals. In St. Louis County, Tesson Ferry gets butchered some times. > The first time I went through "the Bluff" (Popl! > ar Bluff) in Butler Co. on my way to S.E. Mo. I went through Quilan, Mo. I > called it "Quil-ann" and got laughed out of town. It is called "Q-lynn" by > the locals. I hope more join in. I am learning a lot and having fun. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MOSTFRAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message