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travisowens — 2007-05-22T15:00:48Z

Renamed to "Local Pronunciations"

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- * '''["Across"]''' - (uh-KROST) from one side to the other. The addition of the 't' sound at the end appears to be a local phenomenon. - * '''["Avon"]''' - (AH-vahn) town name, pronounced like 'have on' without that h, accent on the A.[[FootNote(This is actually the correct pronunciation of Avon, as in the River Avon in England. Think of Stratford-upon-Avon, where Shakespeare was born. Avon (Ay-von), as in the cosmetics company from Croton-on-Hudson, NY is a mispronunciation of this.)]] - * '''["Berkeley"]''' -- BERK-lee street, near Park Avenue. The pronounciation here presumably agrees with the pronounciation of the California university town for which the street is presumably named. But this pronounciation is a corruption of the name of Bishop George Berkeley, whose surname was pronounced by the English as BAR-klay. - * '''["Castile"]''' - (CAST-isle) in Genesee County. - * '''["Charlotte"]''' - (shar-LOT) neighborhood name, with the accent on the 'lotte'. - * '''["Chili"]''' - (CHIY-liy) town name which (round here) does not rhyme with 'frilly' or 'silly'. rhymes with 'jai-alai', 'mai-tai', or 'fry-lie' [[FootNote(A couple of years ago, an out-of-towner criminal was exposed because he said he lived in the town of "Chilly" as he went door-to-door soliciting fraudulent donations (not entirely sure about the details, fill in if you've got em))]] Please see ["Origins of the Name Chili"] - * '''["Honeoye"]''' - (HUN-e-oy) town name with more of a confusing spelling that might suggest "HONE-oy" but is pronounced like "honey-oy." - * '''["Le Roy"]''' - (luh-ROY; LEE-roy) town southwest of Rochester frequently pronounced "luh-ROY" (bastardized French pronounciation)[[FootNote(The correct french pronunciation would actually sound something more like "luh-wrA")]] with emphasis on the second syllable, and sometimes as the man's name, "LEE-roy." - * Lillac - (LIE-lock) - * '''["Lima"]''' - (LIY-mah) town name which is pronounced like the bean (or like -I'm a-), not the city in Peru. - * '''["Monroe"]''' - (MUN-ro) county with the emphasis on the '''MUN''', not the '''ro''' - * '''["Nunda"]''' - (NUN-day) town in southern-central NY that is pronounced with a long "A" at the end. - * '''["Riga"]''' - (RYE-guh) Once again, this town is pronounced with a long 'i'. It's namesake in the country of Latvia is properly pronounced (RE-guh). - * '''["Rochester"]''' - The 'o' is often pronounced something more like 'ah', yielding: Rahchester. Sometimes blended into a two-syllable word: ROSH-ter (cf. Worcester/WOOS-ter) - * '''["Rundel"]''' - (RUN-dul) ["Rundel Memorial Library Building"] name with the emphasis on the '''RUN'''. It's how ["Morton Rundel"] pronounced his name.	+ #redirect Local Pronunciations

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JeremiahParry-Hill — 2007-05-22T14:37:14Z

added the two-syllable pronunciation of "Rochester"

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- * '''["Rochester"]''' - The 'o' is often pronounced something more like 'ah', yielding: Rahchester. Sometimes also blended into a two-syllable word: ROSH-ter (cf. Worcester/WOOS-ter)	+ * '''["Rochester"]''' - The 'o' is often pronounced something more like 'ah', yielding: Rahchester. Sometimes blended into a two-syllable word: ROSH-ter (cf. Worcester/WOOS-ter)

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JeremiahParry-Hill — 2007-05-22T14:36:30Z

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- * '''["Rochester"]''' - The 'o' is often pronounced something more like 'ah', yielding: Rahchester	+ * '''["Rochester"]''' - The 'o' is often pronounced something more like 'ah', yielding: Rahchester. Sometimes also blended into a two-syllable word: ROSH-ter (cf. Worcester/WOOS-ter)

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JoannaLicata — 2007-05-22T08:07:09Z

alphabetized

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	+ * '''["Across"]''' - (uh-KROST) from one side to the other. The addition of the 't' sound at the end appears to be a local phenomenon.
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- * '''["Across"]''' - (uh-KROST) from one side to the other. The addition of the 't' sound at the end appears to be a local phenomenon. - * '''["Riga"]''' - (RYE-guh) Once again, this town is pronounced with a long 'i'. It's namesake in the country of Latvia is properly pronounced (RE-guh).

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FarMcKon — 2007-05-21T21:26:05Z

added Riga to weird local stuff

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	+ * '''["Riga"]''' - (RYE-guh) Once again, this town is pronounced with a long 'i'. It's namesake in the country of Latvia is properly pronounced (RE-guh).

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AnnetteGrossman — 2007-05-20T14:47:03Z

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	+ * '''["Across"]''' - (uh-KROST) from one side to the other. The addition of the 't' sound at the end appears to be a local phenomenon.

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TobinFricke — 2006-07-06T23:23:26Z

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	+ * Lillac - (LIE-lock)

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RossHattori — 2005-10-12T14:52:04Z

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- * '''["Chili"]''' - (CHIY-liy) town name which (round here) does not rhyme with 'frilly' or 'silly'. rhymes with 'jai-alai', 'mai-tai', or 'fry-lie' [[FootNote(A couple of years ago, an out-of-towner criminal was exposed because he said he lived in the town of "Chilly" as he went door-to-door soliciting fraudulent donations (not entirely sure about the details, fill in if you've got em))]]	+ * '''["Chili"]''' - (CHIY-liy) town name which (round here) does not rhyme with 'frilly' or 'silly'. rhymes with 'jai-alai', 'mai-tai', or 'fry-lie' [[FootNote(A couple of years ago, an out-of-towner criminal was exposed because he said he lived in the town of "Chilly" as he went door-to-door soliciting fraudulent donations (not entirely sure about the details, fill in if you've got em))]] Please see ["Origins of the Name Chili"]

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JayUnnikrishnan — 2005-09-06T13:19:53Z

blah i suck at grammar

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- * '''["Chili"]''' - (CHIY-liy) town name which (round here) does not rhyme with 'frilly' or 'silly'. rhymes with 'jai-alai', 'mai-tai', or 'fry-lie' [[FootNote(A couple of years ago, a out-of-towner criminal was exposed because he said he lived in the town of "Chilly" as he went door-to-door soliciting fraudulent donations (not entirely sure about the details, fill in if you've got em))]]	+ * '''["Chili"]''' - (CHIY-liy) town name which (round here) does not rhyme with 'frilly' or 'silly'. rhymes with 'jai-alai', 'mai-tai', or 'fry-lie' [[FootNote(A couple of years ago, an out-of-towner criminal was exposed because he said he lived in the town of "Chilly" as he went door-to-door soliciting fraudulent donations (not entirely sure about the details, fill in if you've got em))]]

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JayUnnikrishnan — 2005-09-06T13:19:35Z

added anecdote about Chili pronunciation

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- * '''["Chili"]''' - (CHIY-liy) town name which (round here) does not rhyme with 'frilly' or 'silly'. rhymes with 'jai-alai', 'mai-tai', or 'fry-lie'	+ * '''["Chili"]''' - (CHIY-liy) town name which (round here) does not rhyme with 'frilly' or 'silly'. rhymes with 'jai-alai', 'mai-tai', or 'fry-lie' [[FootNote(A couple of years ago, a out-of-towner criminal was exposed because he said he lived in the town of "Chilly" as he went door-to-door soliciting fraudulent donations (not entirely sure about the details, fill in if you've got em))]]

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TobinFricke — 2005-09-05T18:23:09Z

Berkeley St

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	+ * '''["Berkeley"]''' -- BERK-lee street, near Park Avenue. The pronounciation here presumably agrees with the pronounciation of the California university town for which the street is presumably named. But this pronounciation is a corruption of the name of Bishop George Berkeley, whose surname was pronounced by the English as BAR-klay.

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TomKaminski — 2005-09-05T15:58:01Z

Added Monroe and Rundel, changed Charlotte from a town to a neighborhood

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	+ * '''["Monroe"]''' - (MUN-ro) county with the emphasis on the '''MUN''', not the '''ro'''
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	+ * '''["Rundel"]''' - (RUN-dul) ["Rundel Memorial Library Building"] name with the emphasis on the '''RUN'''. It's how ["Morton Rundel"] pronounced his name.

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JohnMoriello — 2005-08-21T02:21:52Z

Castile

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	+ * '''["Castile"]''' - (CAST-isle) in Genesee County.

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RobertPolyn — 2005-08-21T02:17:50Z

Made internal links

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- * '''Avon''' - (AH-vahn) town name, pronounced like 'have on' without that h, accent on the A.[[FootNote(This is actually the correct pronunciation of Avon, as in the River Avon in England. Think of Stratford-upon-Avon, where Shakespeare was born. Avon (Ay-von), as in the cosmetics company from Croton-on-Hudson, NY is a mispronunciation of this.)]] - * '''Charlotte''' - (shar-LOT) town name, with the accent on the 'lotte'. - * '''Chili''' - (CHIY-liy) town name which (round here) does not rhyme with 'frilly' or 'silly'. rhymes with 'jai-alai', 'mai-tai', or 'fry-lie' - * '''Honeoye''' - (HUN-e-oy) town name with more of a confusing spelling that might suggest "HONE-oy" but is pronounced like "honey-oy." - * '''Le Roy''' - (luh-ROY; LEE-roy) town southwest of Rochester frequently pronounced "luh-ROY" (bastardized French pronounciation)[[FootNote(The correct french pronunciation would actually sound something more like "luh-wrA")]] with emphasis on the second syllable, and sometimes as the man's name, "LEE-roy." - * '''Lima''' - (LIY-mah) town name which is pronounced like the bean (or like -I'm a-), not the city in Peru. - * '''Nunda''' - (NUN-day) town in southern-central NY that is pronounced with a long "A" at the end. - * '''Rochester''' - The 'o' is often pronounced something more like 'ah', yielding: Rahchester	+ * '''["Avon"]''' - (AH-vahn) town name, pronounced like 'have on' without that h, accent on the A.[[FootNote(This is actually the correct pronunciation of Avon, as in the River Avon in England. Think of Stratford-upon-Avon, where Shakespeare was born. Avon (Ay-von), as in the cosmetics company from Croton-on-Hudson, NY is a mispronunciation of this.)]] + * '''["Charlotte"]''' - (shar-LOT) town name, with the accent on the 'lotte'. + * '''["Chili"]''' - (CHIY-liy) town name which (round here) does not rhyme with 'frilly' or 'silly'. rhymes with 'jai-alai', 'mai-tai', or 'fry-lie' + * '''["Honeoye"]''' - (HUN-e-oy) town name with more of a confusing spelling that might suggest "HONE-oy" but is pronounced like "honey-oy." + * '''["Le Roy"]''' - (luh-ROY; LEE-roy) town southwest of Rochester frequently pronounced "luh-ROY" (bastardized French pronounciation)[[FootNote(The correct french pronunciation would actually sound something more like "luh-wrA")]] with emphasis on the second syllable, and sometimes as the man's name, "LEE-roy." + * '''["Lima"]''' - (LIY-mah) town name which is pronounced like the bean (or like -I'm a-), not the city in Peru. + * '''["Nunda"]''' - (NUN-day) town in southern-central NY that is pronounced with a long "A" at the end. + * '''["Rochester"]''' - The 'o' is often pronounced something more like 'ah', yielding: Rahchester

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JackCalcines — 2005-06-23T10:49:40Z

Added footnote on Avon

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RobertPolyn — 2005-06-22T21:38:05Z

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- * '''Le Roy''' - (luh-ROY; LEE-roy) town southwest of Rochester frequently pronounced "luh-ROY" (bastardized French pronounciation)[[FootNote(The correct french pronunciation would actually sound something more like "luh-wrOI")]] with emphasis on the second syllable, and sometimes as the man's name, "LEE-roy."	+ * '''Le Roy''' - (luh-ROY; LEE-roy) town southwest of Rochester frequently pronounced "luh-ROY" (bastardized French pronounciation)[[FootNote(The correct french pronunciation would actually sound something more like "luh-wrA")]] with emphasis on the second syllable, and sometimes as the man's name, "LEE-roy."

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RobertPolyn — 2005-06-22T21:36:53Z

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- * '''Le Roy''' - (luh-ROY; LEE-roy) town southwest of Rochester frequently pronounced "luh-ROY" (French pronounciation) with emphasis on the second syllable, and sometimes as the man's name, "LEE-roy."	+ * '''Le Roy''' - (luh-ROY; LEE-roy) town southwest of Rochester frequently pronounced "luh-ROY" (bastardized French pronounciation)[[FootNote(The correct french pronunciation would actually sound something more like "luh-wrOI")]] with emphasis on the second syllable, and sometimes as the man's name, "LEE-roy."
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- * '''Rochester''' - The 'o' is often pronounced more like 'ah', yielding: Rahchester	+ * '''Rochester''' - The 'o' is often pronounced something more like 'ah', yielding: Rahchester

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JasonOlshefsky — 2005-06-22T12:32:51Z

Added "proper" pronunciations plus Honeoye, Le Roy, Nunda.

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- * '''Avon''' - town name, pronounced like 'have on' without that h, accent on the A. - * '''Charlotte''' - town name, with the accent on the 'lotte'. - * '''Chili''' - town name which (round here) does not rhyme with 'frilly' or 'silly'. rhymes with 'jai-alai', 'mai-tai', or 'fry-lie' - * '''Lima''' - town name which is pronounced like the bean (or like -I'm a-), not the city in Peru.	+ * '''Avon''' - (AH-vahn) town name, pronounced like 'have on' without that h, accent on the A. + * '''Charlotte''' - (shar-LOT) town name, with the accent on the 'lotte'. + * '''Chili''' - (CHIY-liy) town name which (round here) does not rhyme with 'frilly' or 'silly'. rhymes with 'jai-alai', 'mai-tai', or 'fry-lie' + * '''Honeoye''' - (HUN-e-oy) town name with more of a confusing spelling that might suggest "HONE-oy" but is pronounced like "honey-oy." + * '''Le Roy''' - (luh-ROY; LEE-roy) town southwest of Rochester frequently pronounced "luh-ROY" (French pronounciation) with emphasis on the second syllable, and sometimes as the man's name, "LEE-roy." + * '''Lima''' - (LIY-mah) town name which is pronounced like the bean (or like -I'm a-), not the city in Peru. + * '''Nunda''' - (NUN-day) town in southern-central NY that is pronounced with a long "A" at the end.

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JasonOlshefsky — 2005-06-22T12:19:54Z

Alphabetize.

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- * '''Chili''' - town name which (round here) does not rhyme with 'frilly' or 'silly'. rhymes with 'jai-alai', 'mai-tai', or 'fry-lie'	+ * '''Avon''' - town name, pronounced like 'have on' without that h, accent on the A. + * '''Charlotte''' - town name, with the accent on the 'lotte'. + * '''Chili''' - town name which (round here) does not rhyme with 'frilly' or 'silly'. rhymes with 'jai-alai', 'mai-tai', or 'fry-lie'
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- * '''Charlotte''' - town name, with the accent on the 'lotte'. - * '''Avon''' - town name, pronounced like 'have on' without that h, accent on the A.

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RobertPolyn — 2005-06-22T02:09:05Z

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ChrisYoung — 2005-06-22T00:47:47Z

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	+ * '''Chili''' - town name which (round here) does not rhyme with 'frilly' or 'silly'. rhymes with 'jai-alai', 'mai-tai', or 'fry-lie' + * '''Lima''' - town name which is pronounced like the bean (or like -I'm a-), not the city in Peru. + * '''Charlotte''' - town name, with the accent on the 'lotte'. + * '''Avon''' - town name, pronounced like 'have on' without that h, accent on the A. +