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> This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --Boundary_(ID_qk1plNvS+nNinreuB/MN1A) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT One more on this?: Many years ago I was in my car in the Connecticut/New York City area and couldn't believe my ears when some broadcaster on the radio mentioned something that had just happened in "Green-itch" (Connecticut)! Cheers from Jim in "Woofful" -- end of subject? My favourite or unfavourite pronunciation locally is for the whistle-stop near Windsor called Mantua, which is locally pronounced "man-o-way"! Then there is Port Mouton which is Port Matoon ....... ---------- From: Hubcove@aol.com Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 12:40:12 -0500 (EST) To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Re: not GREN-ITCH? This string has probably gone on long enough but as a former local resident of the Greenwich England area, I am obliged to say that we called it Gren-idge, or, as the Standard dictionary says, Gren-ij. There was no "itch" Peter Stow Hubbards --Boundary_(ID_qk1plNvS+nNinreuB/MN1A) Content-type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Re: not GREEN-ITCH?</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> One more on this?: Many years ago I was in my car in the Connecticut/New York City area and couldn't believe my ears when some broadcaster on the radio mentioned something that had just happened in "Green-itch" (Connecticut)!<BR> <BR> Cheers from Jim in "Woofful" -- end of subject? My favourite or unfavourite pronunciation locally is for the whistle-stop near Windsor called Mantua, which is locally pronounced "man-o-way"! Then there is Port Mouton which is Port Matoon .......<BR> ----------<BR> <B>From: </B>Hubcove@aol.com<BR> <B>Reply-To: </B>naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<BR> <B>Date: </B>Wed, 21 Nov 2007 12:40:12 -0500 (EST)<BR> <B>To: </B>naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<BR> <B>Subject: </B>Re: [NatureNS] Re: not GREN-ITCH?<BR> <BR> <FONT FACE="Arial">This string has probably gone on long enough but as a former local resident of the Greenwich England area, I am obliged to say that we called it Gren-idge, or, as the Standard dictionary says, Gren-ij. There was no "itch"<BR> Peter Stow<BR> Hubbards<BR> </FONT> <BR> </BODY> </HTML> --Boundary_(ID_qk1plNvS+nNinreuB/MN1A)--
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