[NatureNS] Re: not GREEN-ITCH?

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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
> ###################

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<div>Just&nbsp;one more -- Greenwich, NY, is pronounced &quot;Green-wich.&quot; (a brother lives there)</div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div><br><br>&nbsp;</div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 11/22/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Richard Stern</b> &lt;sternrichard@gmail.com&gt; 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 &lt; jimwolford@eastlink.ca&gt; 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?: &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><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 &quot;itch&quot; 
<br>Peter Stow<br>Hubbards<br></font>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;</div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>#################<br>Dr.Richard Stern, &nbsp; <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>

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