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| 2004-06-24 |
| Posted by:Super Hose |
| #8 It'll always be Pitchburg to me. |
| Posted by: Satchel 2004-06-24 8:32:39 PM |
| #7 Mitch, sorry about the spelling error. Being from Akron, I was taught to spell Pittsburgh with an "sh." Go Turkey Joe. :-) |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-06-24 5:10:36 PM |
| #6 Pittsburg also in No Cal, east of San Fran |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-06-24 4:09:14 PM |
| #5 Doc: There's a lot of that going around. I live up the valley from Lemont, a little artist-colony town which I always was pronounced the French way: "le Mont". I'm told, on the contrary, that you can tell who's a local by whether or not they pronounce it properly, as "Leemont". There's a town to the west of here called "Doo Boise", and you'd damn well better not call it "Du Bwa" like the French would have it. This is what you get when you use a lot of high-tone French place-names in a state settled primarily by the Scotch-Irish, Germans, and Poles. Dar: Encyclopedia Britannica of 1911 holds that "Pittsburgh" is the official charter & seal spelling, but that the US Geographic Board insisted on using the variant spelling, and it was "in more general use". Oh! Hey! Here it is - the US Geographic Board tried to strip the "h" from all "-burgh" placenames in 1890, but Pittsburghers generally ignored the Board, and officially insisted on "Pittsburgh" in 1911. |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2004-06-24 3:50:05 PM |
| #4 Mitch - Versailles, Ohio is pronounced just as it's spelled. Russia, a town not far down the road is "Rooshie". Don't get me started on Louisville or Lima. If you're up for the challange give Tuscarawas a try. Two bucks says you break a lip ;) |
| Posted by: Doc8404 2004-06-24 2:00:45 PM |
| #3 Btw, link ain't working. |
| Posted by: Dar 2004-06-24 9:11:42 AM |
| #2 Pittsburgh was officially "Pittsburg" for a few years back around 1910, but that didn't last too long. You can see "Pittsburg" on a few old docs, maps, and even buildings, like inside the dome of the old PRR Union Station which now houses office space and apartments. |
| Posted by: Dar 2004-06-24 9:11:25 AM |
| #1 Ng! Pittsburg is a town in Kansas! The city in western Pennsylvania is called Pittsburgh. This isn't Arabic, the "h" isn't an optional spelling! Next thing you know, they'll be pronouncing "North Versailles" as if it were an estate in France or something... |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2004-06-24 8:36:44 AM |