I used to pronounce Tony Koester’s name as Ko-Esteer. I learned a while ago that it was like Custer.
How about “Louisville” of Louisville and Nashville Railroad? I thought it was pronounced Lew-e-ville, but a local from there says it’s Lou-a-vull and my know-it-all friend claims it’s Louis-ville. So which pronunciation is correct?
Way back in my early teens, my MRR buddy and I thought “articulated” (as an adjective for locomotive) was actually a noun and we pronounced it ARK cu led.
Fortunately, none of our other friends knew better, or could have cared less!
Oh yeah… John Allen’s pun was lost on us too.
Jim
That’s how they say it; that’s how you say it.
Like Pittsburgh has North Versailles but you better believe its Vur-Sales and not Ver-sigh.
Well, if you were referring to Arkansas’ Reader Railroad you’d have it right! It’s pronounced Reed-uhr.
CW:
You’re right, of course. Unless you worked for the Southern Pacific, where all of their Cab-Forwards (simple or compound) were referred to as “MAHH-leys”, LOL!
But then you never know about pronounciation out here in SunnyCal. My home town Nevada City (Spanish for “snow”) was settled by New Englanders and Cornish hard-rock miners back in the 1850’s. They pronounce it “Nu-VAAD-ah City.” Long “A”. Newcomers attempt the proper Spanish “Ney-VAWD-dah” and nobody out here knows what they’re talking about, for cryin’ out loud. We ‘native’ Californians (those of us whose families came out her during the Gold Rush) ‘adopted’ Spanish names. That doesn’t mean we ever bothered to pronounce them CORRECTLY! [:-^]
Tom [:)]
Bob Brown’s Tuolumne Forks RR. - Two ALA Me. Peter Smith, Memphis