Hi Mike, Well, in my family is was Ma-NON-ga-HEY-la. Marilyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Donaldson" <mdonald4@bentcom.net> To: <PAMONVAL-L@rootsweb.com>: : : RJW wrote: : : > I don't know if we were right or wrong, growing up along the banks of the : > Monongahela, but we always said: : > : > Mah-non-ga-HEY-la. : > : > Liked the description, Thanks. : > : > Ruth : : Maybe I've lived in the area too long, but when I see -hela, I think -heyla, not : heela! : Sorry if my phonetics were unclear! Ruth's attempt above is correct! : -- : Thanks : Mike Donaldson, Bentleyville, PA (mdonald4@bentcom.net) : : ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

As someone who grew up in the town of Monongahela, we pronounced it Mo- non-ga- hey-la, better know to us locals as Mon City. Jill ----- Original Message ----- From: Marilyn Prinzing <marjenp@mindspring.com> To: <PAMONVAL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2001 10:52 AM Subject: Re: [PAMONVAL] Pronouncing Monongahela > Hi Mike, > > Well, in my family is was Ma-NON-ga-HEY-la. Marilyn > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike Donaldson" <mdonald4@bentcom.net> > To: <PAMONVAL-L@rootsweb.com>: > : > : RJW wrote: > : > : > I don't know if we were right or wrong, growing up along the banks of > the > : > Monongahela, but we always said: > : > > : > Mah-non-ga-HEY-la. > : > > : > Liked the description, Thanks. > : > > : > Ruth > : > : Maybe I've lived in the area too long, but when I see -hela, I > think -heyla, not > : heela! > : Sorry if my phonetics were unclear! Ruth's attempt above is correct! > : -- > : Thanks > : Mike Donaldson, Bentleyville, PA (mdonald4@bentcom.net) > : > : ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > ==== PAMONVAL Mailing List ==== > Tip: CAPITALIZE surnames in your messages. Reader will more easily find their family names. >