What IS the correct pronounciation?

What IS the correct pronunciation?

Hough.

Is it "Ho" or "Huff"?

Pough.

Is it "Po" or "Puff"?

I'm wondering the correct way, not the popular way, if it's different. Been nagging at me for weeks now...

Huff and Puff.

It really must be nagging you to type all of that out with a broken hand....

Huff and Puff are both tuff.

Speedy recovery!!!

KZ

While we're on the subject of pronunciation, how about Couchsachraga? I read somewhere that it is pronounced:

Cuk-sa-kra-ga

which doesn't sound anything like the usual "Couchie."

I just climbed it and got my tongue tangled everytime I tried to utter the word.

what is the correct spelling?

pronounce it how you will, but make sure you spell "pronunciation" correctly.



Sorry. I get unreasonably annoyed by spelling and grammar errors. Like the commercial that says "Chicken Capital USA." That means money available to buy chickens. If they want it to mean "the central and most important location for chickens," then it would be Chicken Capitol.

Just busting your chops. I think it was Winston Churchill who said, "It is a boring person who can think of only one way to spell a word."

have a gud dei

Re: what is the correct spelling?

How is Moosilauke pronounced?
I've heard it said a few different ways.

Thanks,
^MtnMike^

P.S.
'capital' refers to a city.
'capitol' refers to a building or buildings.
So "Chicken Capital" is accurate.

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theothursday said:

Sorry. I get unreasonably annoyed by spelling and grammar errors. Like the commercial that says "Chicken Capital USA." That means money available to buy chickens. If they want it to mean "the central and most important location for chickens," then it would be Chicken Capitol.

Just busting your chops. I think it was Winston Churchill who said, "It is a boring person who can think of only one way to spell a word."

have a gud dei

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Sorry. I get annoyed by people who erroneously correct the supposed errors of others: You see, theo, as Mtn Mike notes above, the Chicken Capital folks are using "capital" in an entirely appropriate manner. Like so many words in our rich language, "capital" can have several meanings. It can also mean "important," or "punishable by death," or "seat of government" or, by implication, "central and most important location."

"Capitol" refers to a building or group of buildings where a state legislative body meets, or, specifically the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington.

But, as you said,

Just busting your chops.

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I think it was me (just now) who said, "It is a boring person who can think of only one contextual meaning of a word."

But to be fair to you, you are correct that your annoyance is unreasonble, since you, and not the "Chicken Capital" folks were wrong -- you should be annoyed with yourself, not them.

is it Macomb like McComb or May-comb?
or May-come?

have any ideas?

Re: what is the correct spelling?

theothursday said:

pronounce it how you will, but make sure you spell "pronunciation" correctly.

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My apologies.

My spelling is normally quite good, but as it happens, I broke my hand hiking in the 'Dacks last weekend, and typing is hard. You should see the errors I DO catch!


Redfaced

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^MtnMike^ said:

How is Moosilauke pronounced?

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The two popular ones are Moose-ill-lock or Moose-ill-locky. Of the two, the one used by most people is the first. Old maps have the name printed as "Moose-hillock" and the area is generally referred to by Dartmouth folk (who own most of the mountain) the same way.

One exception is the old song "My Moosilaukee Sweetheart" which is pronounced with the long e on the end. Clearly, people have been using both for a long time. Based on other Indian names (Asquamchumaukee) I suspect the long e may be more accurate. Still, I never use that one.

-dave-

Moosilauke

I agree with Dave.

I'm an amateur linguist at best, especially when it comes to Native American languages. Still, I am recreationally interested in the Abenaki/Penobscot language complex. A bit of light research suggests that these place names may have ended in "-kik" (such as Winninebesakik (Winnepesaukee) and Winozkik (Winooski). This weighs in favor of the "-kee" pronunciation today as being closer to the authentic traditional pronunciation. This would explain why Asquamchumauke (Baker River) is pronounced with a terminal long e.

Even though I give the river a long e, I've never liked that pronunciation for the mountain. To me, it's "Moose-illock".

How about Guyot? I pronounce it Gi (as in the karate outfit)-Oh.

AZ, that sounds right. Arnold Guyot was a Swiss geologist who did important research on glaciation. The G is hard as in "gi", not as in "gee willikers".

Interestingly, there is a Mount Guyot in Colorado that is often pronounced with an audible terminal t (gi-oat). (Then again, I do know folks out there who do that to "ballet".)

Advice for you

theothursday said:

Sorry. I get unreasonably annoyed by spelling and grammar errors.

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Try this -

goto user CP, click on edit Ignore List and type in Mavs00.

cause reading almost any of my posts will almost always have you bouncing of the friggin' (or is it Freaking) roof (or is it ruff).

OR

Go see your doctor, there is probably some medication, or a specialist that you could talk to and work through it. It might help.

p.s. I've always pronounced it "Kook-sa-kra-ga"

no one has an answer to macomb

My hiking buddy and me gave up long ago trying to pronounce Couchsachraga. Now we just call it chimichanga that's right we call it chinchilla.

percious said:

no one has an answer to macomb

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I believe Macomb is pronounced muh-comb. Second syllable as in a hair comb. The mountain is named for Alexander Macomb who was a land speculator in the Adirondacks in the late 1700s. His son, also named Alexander Macomb, was a general in the War of 1812, and stationed in Michigan. Macomb County just north of Detroit was named for him. Michiganders (like me) pronounce that county muh-comb. So there is some chance that is the way the Macomb family would pronounce it.

I also agree with mavs that it is kook in Couchsachraga.

As long as we're at it....

OK - I could never figure out how Kayderosseras is pronounced Kay-dee-ross.

(It is a creek that runs through Saratoga County into Saratoga Lake.)

I prefer to call Couchsachraga "Kook" vice the more popular "Couchie". It seems more fitting.

I also like to refer to Marcy as "Tahawus".

Another one

And how about that pesky Kancamagus?

Here's one that may be too obscure to matter. "D'Urban" on the Quebec border in NH. Is it Durban or Duh-urban? Who knows, who cares. I can't even remember the original question.