Now that is an outstanding idea with all the French, German, and Eastern European miners names. I was born in Bonne Terre in the early 1930s, and have heard people call it "Bone Tare-- Boone Tare, Bonnie Tare, and Boney Tarey." I heard St. Joachim pronounced St. "Jo-ak-em," but there is a stream north of Festus called Joachim Creek and my dad and uncles pronounced it "Swash-um" Creek. Have no idea if that was a nickname or they didn't have a clue. Pronunciation guide would really be helpful Jim McClenahan In a message dated 10/11/2008 7:05:18 PM Pacific Daylight Time, rickmar@cdinter.net writes: 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? **************New MapQuest Local shows what's happening at your destination. Dining, Movies, Events, News & more. Try it out (http://local.mapquest.com/?ncid=emlcntnew00000002)