Showing posts with label It's the VER-DIG-REE River. Show all posts
Showing posts with label It's the VER-DIG-REE River. Show all posts

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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