[or-roots] Found him

[Marilyn Schwartz]

Try "pon-duh-RAY."

>From what appears to be the NW Idaho tourism site:
http://sandpoint.web.infoseek.co.jp/pendoreille/index.html

"When someone tries to introduce Sandpoint, he cannot avoid to tell about
Lake Pend Oreille (pronounced Pon-duh-ray). The name of the lake is
originated from French hunters from Canada. The pronounciation of Pend
Oreille is like Ponderay, the small town located near by Sandpoint. The
French term meanings like "looks like ear" turned into Pend Oreille."

Now, how did they get "looks like ear" when "pend" means "to hang"?  I'd say
it's "hangs from ear." :)

And how did we get started talking about a lake in Idaho anyway?

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:or-roots-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] On Behalf Of Kith-n-Kin
Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 4:13 PM
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Subject: Re: [or-roots] Found him

I'd have to ask, but I seem to remember pen'-doe-ray. Why did I think that
it was in Idaho?  Hmmm. Back to the maps.  Anyone on here from 'round there?

BTW, for years I pronounced Penelope as Pe-neh-lope. Heck, that's how it's
spelled.

Pat



-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:or-roots-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] On Behalf Of Leslie
Chapman
Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 3:19 PM
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Good job!

I just got a wild hair and decided to find out how to pronounce "Pend
Oreille" since on the face of it my pronouncing it just the way it's spelled
I suspected was wrong. Wonder if I have ever said that out loud to some one
who knew how to say it?? they probably wondered where I was talking about;
Pawn deh raw with emfasisis on the raw is as close as I can get in print.
Dalkena for those who were waiting with bated breath (bet some of you
thought that was spelled baited didn't you?) is about 45 miles north -
northe east of Spokane on a right ancle bend in the Pend Oreille River.

I guess any language than can pronounce Worcester Wooster shouldn't suprise
me that some thing that looks like two words with a total of at least four
sylables would be pronounced as one word with three.

Les

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