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Most mispronounced words in PNW climbing?


Jens

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Ever argue over how to a pronounce a word?

 

Here's some

Ingraham glacier ------ (argued bitterly both ways by historians and climbers gram vs. gra-ham)- according to my dad has even changed historcially in the climbing history of the mountain? - his or my memory could be off

Mesachie PK. NCNP (MEH sa chee vs. muh SAW chee or anything else? anyone?

Checkamus Canyon sport climbing BC (I've heard it several ways by locals)

Quien Sabe glacier???? (No one of any experience level says this the same).

Care to add to the list (with how to say) and please correct me if I am way off base.

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Hell, if we're drifting out of the climbing realm, there's the ever-popular "nucular" for "nuclear". GW should be tossed out of office just for that offense to the English language. madgo_ron.gif

 

Sorry for the shameless drift, just had to get that off my chest. Carry on. wave.gif

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deidre=dee ay dr. french for dihedral. the final e is swallowed.

 

couloir--cool whar

 

haute=oat as in oat muffins. also french. the h is silent.

 

i doubt any of the spellings for the first nations names reflect the original pronounciation. look at shawangunks. the dutch couldn't get their tongues around shongum (or something like that) so they adjusted the spelling.

 

when it comes to places like cheam, slesse, stawamus, cheakamus who knows? a local person person might help.

 

french is way easier than coast salish dialects

 

je vous sohaite

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