Having been away a few days, I have just caught up with the request for the pronunciation of Rensselaer. In Troy the students at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and most long-time residents almost universally pronounce it wren-suh-leer without special emphasis on any syllable. If the Dutch pronunciation of Van Rensselaer was different, it has been lost in antiquity. Rogers Finch ex-Troy NY now Peabody MA

And if your a true local, it is pronounced with only two syllables: Wren-slur , with the emphasis on the first. Jeanne Keefe At 01:56 AM 12/2/2005, you wrote: >Having been away a few days, I have just caught up with the request for >the pronunciation of Rensselaer. > >In Troy the students at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and most >long-time residents almost universally pronounce it wren-suh-leer without >special emphasis on any syllable. If the Dutch pronunciation of Van >Rensselaer was different, it has been lost in antiquity. > >Rogers Finch >ex-Troy NY >now Peabody MA > > >==== NYRENSSE Mailing List ==== >Have you added your names to the Troy Surname Roster? >http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/troy/troysurnames.html Jeanne M. Keefe Vice President, Visual Resources Association <http://www.vraweb.org/>www.vraweb.org Visual Resources Librarian Architecture Library Greene Building, Rm 306 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 110 8th Street, Troy, NY 12180 Tel: 518-276-2727 Fax: 518-276-6753 E-mail: [email protected]