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Interesting - I lived in Billtown from 1957 until 1871 and everyone =
called the area gren-itch.
Roland
----- Original Message -----=20
From: Richard Stern=20
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20
Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 7:51 AM
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Re: not GREN-ITCH?
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.=20
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=20
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=20
>> YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER along Paul Elderkin's driveway at =
Greenwich (locally
>> pronounced "green-itch"), Thanks, Jim You're getting =
the hang of it!
> =
George=20
>
>> 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.
>>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Interesting - I lived in Billtown from =
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1871 and everyone called the area gren-itch.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Roland</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NatureNS] Re: not =
GREN-ITCH?</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Yes - the local pronunciation is GREEN-itch, and if you =
asked=20
anyone around here how to get to GREN-itch, the correct answer would =
be to go=20
to Halifax airport, take a flight to London, England, then take the=20
underground. Also, the "w" is silent in both place names. =
Incidentally,=20
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=3Dgmail_quote>On Nov 20, 2007 11:30 PM, Stephen Shaw <<A =
href=3D"mailto:srshaw@dal.ca">srshaw@dal.ca</A>> wrote:<BR>
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style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: =
rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">Is=20
this actually the locally accepted pronunciation?<BR>Presumably the =
name=20
model is the near-London, UK, celebrated place that is =
the<BR>location of=20
the famous astronomical observatory /meridian /mean time, a =
place<BR>which=20
is pronounced there as GREN-ITCH (rhymes with PEN), not GREEN-ITCH. =
Is=20
<BR>it really GREEN-ITCH here?<BR>Steve<BR><BR>Quoting George =
Forsyth <<A=20
=
href=3D"mailto:g4syth@staff.ednet.ns.ca">g4syth@staff.ednet.ns.ca</A>>=
:<BR>>=20
On 20, Nov 2007, at 10:04 AM, Jim Wolford wrote:<BR>>> Nov. =
19, 2007 -=20
In late afternoon Bernard Forsythe saw a lovely <BR>>> =
YELLOW-THROATED=20
WARBLER along Paul Elderkin's driveway at Greenwich =
(locally<BR>>>=20
pronounced "green-itch"), =
Thanks,=20
Jim You're getting the hang of it!<BR>> =
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