tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85095070231546059.post7390382914954251647..comments2014-05-24T15:49:21.378-07:00Comments on Journeys: On the Great Plains: Beauty and the Blast Furnaceleztrekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06255748379189599100noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85095070231546059.post-74715531506289085302009-05-31T16:02:57.472-07:002009-05-31T16:02:57.472-07:00Well, as Maureen was reminded during her recent tr...Well, as Maureen was reminded during her recent trips to Illinios and Kentucky, ear-wrenching pronunciation previals.<br />DEZ planes (Des Plains)<br />VER sales (Versailles)<br />I'm still smarting from getting smacked around just after moving here from New Mexico and thinking that Vallejo should be buy-EH-ho instead of vah-LAY-ho.Ravenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13293317602655961172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85095070231546059.post-88897844088504926012009-05-24T12:53:14.389-07:002009-05-24T12:53:14.389-07:00I remember the blast-furnace heat in South Dakota ...I remember the blast-furnace heat in South Dakota when I was there. It was headtrippy hot. And a mondo hailstorm the night I spent in East Belvidere. Extremes of weather and stunning beauty.<br /><br />Speaking of dumbing down the pronunciations, when I was in New Orleans, I was on a street called "Deslonde" which I would presume is pronounced "Day-LAWNED" and I overheard a guy calling it "DEZ-land" and I nearly hurled.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com