How do you say these street names?

[Avengerfire]

Originally Posted by LEXpert

I always heard they were Dakota and Nebraska spelled backwards. Just like Retrac is Carter backwards. I heard that it was named for Jimmy Carter.

Talk about streets named for Horse tracks. I use to live on Tanforan, which is off Pimlico and surrounded by other track names like Naragnassett Park, or however you spell it!

Narragansett.

[Pilot1]

Originally Posted by lexingtony

As long as I've lived here, I've always heard Chinoe pronounced "shin-o-way."

Two of the more strangely named streets are "Ak-Sar-Ben" and "Atokad." Obviously, they are both state names spelled backwards. "Atokad" I'm never sure how to pronounce, so I just say "auto-cad."

How about "Slashes" for a strange street name. Looked at a house for sale there a while back. Its in Chevy Chase. Must be a story behind that one.

[lexingtongal]

Sorry I didn't cut and paste just the relevant part but look at the third paragraph on this link. Most of the street names in Ashland Park are somehow related to Henry Clay and his descendants.
Ashland: The Henry Clay Estate, Lexington, KY

[cartomanlex2]

According to Wikipedia, the town of Ashland Va. in Hanover Co was originally called Slash Cottage. Presumably the people there could have been call Slashes(those who inhabit Slash Cottage).

[Pilot1]

Originally Posted by cartomanlex2

According to Wikipedia, the town of Ashland Va. in Hanover Co was originally called Slash Cottage. Presumably the people there could have been call Slashes(those who inhabit Slash Cottage).

Ah yes, its related to the famous Henry Clay.

Complete biography of Henry Clay, 818 pages, paperback
This definitive biography by noted historian Robert Remini includes a chronology of Clay’s life, 1777-1852, and a genealogy of the Clay Family. The book covers the "Mill Boy of the Slashes" in Virginia, through his life in Kentucky, to his last days in Washington.

[censusdata]

I've always understud the pronunciatiuon of Chinoe to be Shi-nu Way, instead of Shin-nu-way Road

[i-love-edward-cullen]

Originally Posted by LEXpert

Surely I am not the only one that has heard people mis-pronounce Lexington street names? (OR maybe it is ME!!!)

How do you all say these streets? Feel free to add other ones.

Chinoe (Shen-O or Shen-O-A)

Chenault (schen-o or schn-alt)

Desha (Desh-a or DE-shA)

The Lane (ThE Lane or Tha Lane) Does this street have a suffix, you know, would it then be "The Lane Lane"? Since people never say the suffixes should we just call it "The"?

Chinoe (shen-o-a
Chenault (schen-o-alt0
Desha (DE-SHA)
Hope this helps

[heatwave13]

It's great to see these replies......it reminds me of home, growing up in Lex.