Message-Id: <199407282104.AA11804@nfs1.digex.net> Reply-To: brian@arl1.wustl.edu Date: Thu Jul 28 17:05:02 1994 Sender: Lojban list From: Brian L Gottlieb X-To: Phillip Delaquess To: Bob LeChevalier Status: RO X-From-Space-Date: Thu Jul 28 17:05:02 1994 X-From-Space-Address: LOJBAN%CUVMB.BITNET@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU On Thu, 28 Jul 1994 11:01:27 -0500, Phillip Delaquess said: > The Fifty United States and their Principal Cities: > =================================================== I wish to propose some alternate spellings, which fit my pronounciations of some of these places. Most of these seem to deal with the pronounciation of an "A." For example, Atlanta I feel is pronounced more like "etlentys" than "atlantas", even though the latter LOOKS right. I think the "e as in met" more closely matches the desired pronounciation than does the "a as in casa." I am speaking as one from Georgia, so I realize my pronounciations of all words may not represent the country as a whole. I think a lot of these are probably better responded to by residents of the specific areas, although I think both Phillip's and my pronounciations are reasonable. > alabama alybamas elybemas > alaska aleskas yleska - /uhlaska/ > anchorage ANkoridz ENKoridz > arizona arisonas erizonas > arkansas ARknsas This one is the proper use of the "a" > california kalifornias > sacramento sakramentos > san francisco sanfransiskos kelifornias sekramentos senfrensiskos > los angeles losANdzylys [spanish: losANxeles] lasENdzylys > colorado kolorados kalorados > connecticut konEtikyt kanEtikit > tallahassee talyxasis telyxasis > jacksonville DZAKsnvil DZEKsnvil > tampa tampas tempas > orlando orlandos orlendos, although I have heard people prnounce it as above. > atlanta atlantas etlentas or etlentys, my home town > savannah syvanas syvanys > indianapolis indi,n,Apolis indi,n,Epolis > kansas kansas [!] kensys > topeka topikas topikys > kentucky kentukis kentykis > louisville LUy,vil LUy,vl or LUy,vyl (sounds strange, but everyone I know from there says it that way) > louisiana lu,uisi,anas lu,uisi,enas > baton rouge batnRUZ betnRUZc (does that work?) > augusta auGYStys aGYStys > bangor bangr bengr > annapolis aNApolis eNApolis > massachusetts masyTCUsyts mesyTCUsyts > lansing lensin YES! > minneapolis mini,Apolis meni,Apolis > duluth duLUT dyLUT (there is a Duluth in northern GA, and this is how we say it down there) > montana montanas mantenas > helena xelinas xelenas, xeleinas > nebraska nebraskas nebreskas > las vegas lesvegas lasvegas > concord kankrd konkord > manchester MANtces,tr MENtces,tr > trenton trenton [!] trentyn > santa fe santaFES sentafeis > albuquerque ALbykerkis elbykyrkis > raleigh rales ralis > tulsa tulsas tylsas > oregon ORegan ORegyn > philadelphia filyDELfi,as filiDELfi,ys > rhode island rodailynd rod,ailynd > columbia koLYMbi,as koLYMbi,ys > pierre pi,IER pier > texas teksas tekses > austin aus,tn astn (au = ow as in cow) > houston xius,tn xiustn > dallas dalys delys > seattle si,A,tl siEtl > charleston TCAR,l,stn TCARLstn > wyoming ui,omin uaiomin (/wa/ /yo/ /min/) > cheyenne cai,AN caiyn or caien