[BC] Local pronunciations

[Barry Mishkind]

At 09:27 PM 12/21/05, Larry Fuss wrote
>Atlanta has a street called Ponce de Leon Avenue, named after the famous
>explorer.  However, locally it's pronounced "Ponse duh Lee-on", rather that
>the French way.

         Since Juan Ponce de Leon was Spanish,
         it is probably a good thing.

         This discussion of names, etc, is
         indeed fascinating and I've seen some
         "lurkers" come out of the shadows to share -
         this is good!

         And it is true that we have quite a few
         here in the SW as well, both Spanish and
         Indian. In fact, on my first "on-air" audition
         (they had me read the 6:00 news cold),
         the only word I missed was an Spanish/Indian
         name from the other end of the state.

         That said, why don't we let those who
         would rather talk broadcasting avoid their
         delete finger a bit, and move this thread to
         the Alternate Frequency?

         Anyone, everyone is invited to continue the
         examples, and perhaps share some of the
         reasons WHY names were picked or
         pronounced differently that their origins would
         make you think.

         to join the AF, just pop over to www.radiolists.net

         thanks