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Index of Subjects ------=_Part_29885_15088802.1195741174248 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Just one more -- Greenwich, NY, is pronounced "Green-wich." (a brother lives there) On 11/22/07, Richard Stern <sternrichard@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > -- > ################# > 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_29885_15088802.1195741174248 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline <div>Just one more -- Greenwich, NY, is pronounced "Green-wich." (a brother lives there)</div> <div> </div> <div><br><br> </div> <div><span class="gmail_quote">On 11/22/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Richard Stern</b> <sternrichard@gmail.com> wrote:</span> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">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 < jimwolford@eastlink.ca> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid"> <div>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><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" target="_blank"> naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a><br><b>Date: </b>Wed, 21 Nov 2007 12:40:12 -0500 (EST)<br><b>To: </b><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" target="_blank">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca </a><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> </div></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<br><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:rbstern@xcountry.tv" target="_blank"> rbstern@xcountry.tv</a><br>sternrichard@gmail.com <br>################### </blockquote></div><br> ------=_Part_29885_15088802.1195741174248--
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