[meteorite-list] How to pronounce Willamette

[Chris Peterson]

Except, of course, that's not what it's called. Wil-LAM-it or Wil-a-MET, 
nobody familiar with meteorites is going to fail to know what you are 
talking about. That's generally true for any common pronunciation 
variants with other meteorites as well. Tomanowo will generate lots of 
blank stares.

Formalized nomenclature exists for a reason.

Chris

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


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "E.P. Grondine" <epgrondine at yahoo.com>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 7:44 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] How to pronounce Willamette


> Hi all -
>
> How do you pronounce "Willamette"?
>
> Easy. You call it "Tomanowo":
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willamette_Meteorite
>
> Either "tom-a-no-wo" or "to-ma-no-wo" is an acceptable
> pronunciation.
>
> E.P. Grondine
> Man and Impact in the Americas