[meteorite-list] Pronouncing Willamette and other meteorite names

[Chris Peterson]

Certainly, Willamette is an unexpected pronunciation if you aren't 
familiar with the area. But is there something odd about Allende? I've 
always assumed it was (approximately) ah-YEN-dey. Is it something other 
than you would expect for standard Spanish?

Chris

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Murray" <mmurray at montrose.net>
To: "Meteorite Mailing List" <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 10:07 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Pronouncing Willamette and other meteorite 
names


> If you are from Oregon this is probably no big surprise... According 
> to one of the native Willamette residents, Willamette is not 
> pronounced will-a-mette, at least not by her anyway, and not 
> according to the the dictionary either.  Totally unbeknownst to 
> hayseeds like myself, it is actually pronounced wi-lam-it, or you can 
> write that with the ligature ae in place of the a.  My 
> confession...Besides having a difficult time with Allende for some 
> time, I had the name Willamette wrong too.  This makes me wonder what 
> other meteorites names I am mispronouncing.
>
> Okay, I give up,  who can help me with Berduc?
>
> Mike in CO