Monday, July 02, 2007

Correct Way To Say "Verdigris"

You can sure tell the TV and radio people not from this part of the country- trying to pronounce towns and rivers- incorrectly.

The river that inundated Independence & Coffeyville-KS is pronounced "Ver-dig-ree."

I've called my employer twice to tell them the correct way to say it- but apparently a big gap between the desk phones and the Teleprompter.

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Here in Oklahoma they say Verdi-griss. People get mad if you say it the correct way, Verdi-gree.

Groucho K. Marx said...

I was just going by what I heard it called growing up around my mom's side of the family from east Oklahoma- specifically Tahlequah- Muskogee- Wagoner and Sallisaw areas.

I guess it's like MissourE and MissourUH.

PoTATEo or PoTOTo.

-Groucho - Groucho

(I wonder- do they still have the Strawberry Festival in Stilwell in the spring??)

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