[78-L] Funny town names...

[Royal Pemberton]

How did a name spelt Pierre come to be pronounced 'peer' instead of
'p-air'?

On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 6:52 PM, Ted Kneebone <tkneebone1 at abe.midco.net>wrote:

> How about FUNNY PLACES & UNIVERSITIES!
> Chalk one up for PDQ Bach.  He broadcast from the University of Southern
> North Dakota at Hoople, ND.  During his radio broadcast, one side of the
> barn blew out.  We got sounds from cows, chickens, etc.  I think there was
> an ad for some cold medicine.  The winner of "name that tune" by PDQ Bach,
> got the complete works of Vivaldi on hundreds of "convenient 45 rpm discs."
>
> There is a Hoople, North Dakota, but no U. of Southern ND.  There is a U.
> of
> ND at Grand Forks, and a ND State U at Fargo.
>
> South Dakota has some funny and different-named towns...
>    Peever
>    Athol
>    Winner (and Gwinner, ND)
>    Pierre (pronounced Peer)
>    Beresford (Remember "The Millionaire" on TV? The writers of this show
> took Beresford and used it as part of the name of the millionaire:  J.
> Beresford Tipton.)
>    Bath
>    Bonesteel
>    ...and a whole bunch of ghost towns.  At one time my town of Aberdeen
> had 4 passenger railroads intersecting at our "Hub City."  Now South Dakota
> is the only state in the US that has no rail passenger service.  We have
> intercity bus service 3 times a week, and 3 daily flights.  Lots of cars!
>
> Ted Kneebone. 1528 S. Grant St., Aberdeen, SD 57401. Phone: 605-226-3344.
> Old Time Radio: http://abe.midco.net/tkneebone3
>
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