Return-Path: <@FINHUTC.HUT.FI:LOJBAN@CUVMB.BITNET> Received: from FINHUTC.hut.fi by xiron.pc.helsinki.fi with smtp (Linux Smail3.1.28.1 #1) id m0qTcbg-000023C; Fri, 29 Jul 94 00:03 EET DST Message-Id: Received: from FINHUTC.HUT.FI by FINHUTC.hut.fi (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 8145; Fri, 29 Jul 94 00:01:55 EET Received: from SEARN.SUNET.SE (NJE origin MAILER@SEARN) by FINHUTC.HUT.FI (LMail V1.1d/1.7f) with BSMTP id 8142; Fri, 29 Jul 1994 00:01:45 +0200 Received: from SEARN.SUNET.SE (NJE origin LISTSERV@SEARN) by SEARN.SUNET.SE (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 1968; Thu, 28 Jul 1994 23:00:41 +0200 Date: Thu, 28 Jul 1994 15:58:27 -0500 Reply-To: brian@arl1.wustl.edu Sender: Lojban list From: Brian L Gottlieb X-To: Phillip Delaquess To: Veijo Vilva Content-Length: 5478 Lines: 178 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