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------=_Part_29029_2817328.1195645911685 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Yes - the local pronunciation is GREEN-itch, and if you asked anyone around here how to get to GREN-itch, the correct answer would be to go to Halifax airport, take a flight to London, England, then take the underground. Also, the "w" is silent in both place names. Incidentally, Paul Elderkin (who first saw the Y-T warbler at his feeder and alerted Bernard) didn't see it yesterday. Richard On Nov 20, 2007 11:30 PM, Stephen Shaw <srshaw@dal.ca> wrote: > Is this actually the locally accepted pronunciation? > Presumably the name model is the near-London, UK, celebrated place that is > the > location of the famous astronomical observatory /meridian /mean time, a > place > which is pronounced there as GREN-ITCH (rhymes with PEN), not GREEN-ITCH. > Is > it really GREEN-ITCH here? > Steve > > Quoting George Forsyth <g4syth@staff.ednet.ns.ca>: > > On 20, Nov 2007, at 10:04 AM, Jim Wolford wrote: > >> Nov. 19, 2007 - In late afternoon Bernard Forsythe saw a lovely > >> YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER along Paul Elderkin's driveway at Greenwich > (locally > >> pronounced "green-itch"), Thanks, Jim You're getting the > hang of it! > > > George > > > >> just east of the Wolfville boundary (long driveway > >> north of Main St./Highway 1. Paul's driveway is slightly east of and > across > >> the street from Elderkin's Farm Market. > >> > > > -- ################# Dr.Richard Stern, 70 Exhibition St. Kentville, NS, Canada B4N 4K9 Richard Stern, 317 Middle Dyke Rd. Port Williams, NS, Canada B0P 1T0 rbstern@ns.sympatico.ca rbstern@xcountry.tv sternrichard@gmail.com ################### ------=_Part_29029_2817328.1195645911685 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Yes - the local pronunciation is GREEN-itch, and if you asked anyone around here how to get to GREN-itch, the correct answer would be to go to Halifax airport, take a flight to London, England, then take the underground. Also, the "w" is silent in both place names. Incidentally, Paul Elderkin (who first saw the Y-T warbler at his feeder and alerted Bernard) didn't see it yesterday. <br><br>Richard<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Nov 20, 2007 11:30 PM, Stephen Shaw <srshaw@dal.ca> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Is this actually the locally accepted pronunciation?<br>Presumably the name model is the near-London, UK, celebrated place that is the<br>location of the famous astronomical observatory /meridian /mean time, a place<br>which is pronounced there as GREN-ITCH (rhymes with PEN), not GREEN-ITCH. Is <br>it really GREEN-ITCH here?<br>Steve<br><br>Quoting George Forsyth <g4syth@staff.ednet.ns.ca>:<br>> On 20, Nov 2007, at 10:04 AM, Jim Wolford wrote:<br>>> Nov. 19, 2007 - In late afternoon Bernard Forsythe saw a lovely <br>>> YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER along Paul Elderkin's driveway at Greenwich (locally<br>>> pronounced "green-itch"), Thanks, Jim You're getting the hang of it!<br>> George <br>><br>>> just east of the Wolfville boundary (long driveway<br>>> north of Main St./Highway 1. Paul's driveway is slightly east of and across<br>>> the street from Elderkin's Farm Market.<br> >><br><br><br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>#################<br>Dr.Richard Stern, <br>70 Exhibition St.<br>Kentville, NS, Canada<br>B4N 4K9<br><br>Richard Stern, <br>317 Middle Dyke Rd.<br>Port Williams, NS, Canada <br>B0P 1T0<br><br>rbstern@ns.sympatico.ca
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