[NatureNS] Re: not GREEN-ITCH?

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Hi,

Not quite the end! - Apparently some of the original planters who came to
Greenwich, NS, came from Greenwich, CT - which was also pronounced
Green-itch.

Richard

On Nov 22, 2007 2:07 AM, Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> wrote:

>  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
>
>



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Hi,<br><br>Not quite the end! - Apparently some of the original planters who came to Greenwich, NS, came from Greenwich, CT - which was also pronounced Green-itch.<br><br>Richard<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Nov 22, 2007 2:07 AM, Jim Wolford &lt;
jimwolford@eastlink.ca&gt; wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">



<div>
One more on this?: &nbsp;Many years ago I was in my car in the Connecticut/New York City area and couldn&#39;t believe my ears when some broadcaster on the radio mentioned something that had just happened in &quot;Green-itch&quot; (Connecticut)!
<br>
<br>
Cheers from Jim in &quot;Woofful&quot; -- end of subject? &nbsp;My favourite or unfavourite pronunciation locally is for the whistle-stop near Windsor called Mantua, which is locally pronounced &quot;man-o-way&quot;! &nbsp;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 &quot;itch&quot;
<br>
Peter Stow<br>
Hubbards<br>
</font> &nbsp;&nbsp;<br>
</div>


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