Post by BATouttaheck on Jan 21, 2018 23:27:53 GMT
For a change a town website actually did give the pronoun-si-a-tune. Most with hard names don't bother.
Schenectady / s k ɪ ˈ n ɛ k t ə d i / (ski-NEK-tə-dee) is a city in Schenectady County, New York, United States, of which it is the county seat
This one didn't
Schermerhorn - is said : SKer -ma- horn
My dad was a big one for made up deliberate mis-pronunciations for fun.
BUT, now that I wrote that, I cannot for the life of me remember a single one !
I know you know my oft used "I did it on porpoise" . Doghouse6
<groan>
Schenectady / s k ɪ ˈ n ɛ k t ə d i / (ski-NEK-tə-dee) is a city in Schenectady County, New York, United States, of which it is the county seat
This one didn't
Schermerhorn - is said : SKer -ma- horn
My dad was a big one for made up deliberate mis-pronunciations for fun.
BUT, now that I wrote that, I cannot for the life of me remember a single one !
I know you know my oft used "I did it on porpoise" . Doghouse6
<groan>