[78-L] Albert Ketelby question

David Lennick dlennick at sympatico.ca
Fri Aug 28 20:38:18 PDT 2009


Steven C. Barr wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
>> k'TEL-bee. On the other hand, the little town in Ontario IS pronounced 
>> kettle-bee.
>>
> And Oshawa is pronounced "Osh'-a-wah" if anyone cares...and "Dogs Nest" is, 
> I
> assume, pronounced as spelled (dunno if ANYBODY lives there?!)
> 
> Steven C. Barr 
> 

Funny, I always pronounced Oshawa "dog's nest" or worse in the 7 years I worked 
in that Duckburg. Now they're getting a KISS concert. Go figure. It's probably 
an old Indian (sorry, Native) word meaning "Nothing will ever grow here again."

dl




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