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08-17-2008, 05:19 PM
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John Rice @ Re/Max Elite Lexington
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How do you say these street names?
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"?
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08-17-2008, 05:53 PM
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I was driving down The Lane today. The street sign seems to just say "The" unless I didn't see the fine print.
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08-17-2008, 06:59 PM
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No, the other London
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Quote:
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"?
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Chinoe = "shen-o-a"
Chenault = "schn-alt"
Desha = "desh-a" |
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08-17-2008, 08:25 PM
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I've always said "shin-oh-ee", "shin-awlt", and "de-shay." Trust me, you're not alone!
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08-18-2008, 08:13 AM
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Thanks for clarifying...me being a Texas girl and knowing nothing about these streets, I was pronouning Chinoe as "Chi-noe" road that whole time I was reading the other thread! Now I feel dumb. I guess I'll catch on when I move there!
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08-18-2008, 08:21 AM
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What about "A-thens" with a long vowel sound A?
And Versailles = "Ver-sales"
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08-18-2008, 01:09 PM
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Louisvillian by birth, Lexingtonian by choice!
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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."
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08-18-2008, 02:15 PM
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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."
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Both of these streets are named for horse race tracks in their appropriate states and are with other track related streets in the Southeastern Hills subdivision. My preferred pronunciation is "Ah-to kad" |
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08-18-2008, 03:31 PM
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John Rice @ Re/Max Elite Lexington
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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!
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08-18-2008, 06:46 PM
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No, the other London
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Quote:
Originally Posted by katbmom
What about "A-thens" with a long vowel sound A?
And Versailles = "Ver-sales"
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Yes, that's how I pronounce both words as well. |
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