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Old 12-02-2008, 06:03 AM
 
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... And I grew up around a road named Boettler.... People call it bott-ler but it's really Bett-ler. Many confusing things in Ohio!!!
My guess is that Boettler is a German name and was originally written Böttler. Could that be possible? The umlaut (two dots over the "o" means there's an "e" afterwards. I'm guessing many Ohioans already know that, given our large German connection)
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Old 12-02-2008, 07:21 AM
 
Location: Philaburbia
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I knew that and I'm not German. All those years in Cincinnati and I learned a little something about the German language. Never learned to cuss in German, though. Dang.
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Old 12-02-2008, 04:09 PM
 
Location: OH
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My guess is that Boettler is a German name and was originally written Böttler. Could that be possible? The umlaut (two dots over the "o" means there's an "e" afterwards. I'm guessing many Ohioans already know that, given our large German connection)

I don't think that many people from our town know that. Interesting fact though. Many pronounce it wrong. My mom went to school with the Boettlers when she was little & said that the boy would beat up the other kids when they'd call him Bot-ler! So she corrects everyone. Ha ha.
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Old 12-02-2008, 05:27 PM
 
Location: Youngstown, Oh.
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The city of Massillon was named after Jean Baptiste Massillon, Bishop of Cleremont. (http://www.massillonohio.com/hist.html) So, it should be pronounced Mass-ee-yon. (the "on" rhymes with the French "garcon") But, when I say it, it usually sounds like Mass-lun.
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Old 12-02-2008, 05:34 PM
 
Location: Cortland, Ohio
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If you watch the movie, Go Tigers! about the Massillon Washington Football team all the cheerleaders yell Mass-lun, the way you do. I call it Mass-il-lin.
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Old 12-05-2008, 07:18 PM
 
Location: OH
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Well, that's just fascinating about Massillon! I didn't know that. I grew up on Massillon Road. It was hard enough trying to get people to spell it right... I couldn't imagine trying to get them to say it correctly! Ha ha.
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Old 12-06-2008, 08:23 PM
 
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I've picked up at Sterlite in Massillon...
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Old 12-06-2008, 08:33 PM
 
Location: Cortland, Ohio
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I've picked up at Sterlite in Massillon...
Glad you made it out alive! haha! JK!
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Old 11-29-2010, 05:56 PM
 
Location: Columbus
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Lymah Like the bean. I grew up there and was born there, also thats why it is also called beantown or bean city like Boston is also called bean town. Yep there is another bean town in the USA.
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Old 11-30-2010, 11:45 AM
 
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
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...at one point she says she's from LEEMA ohio and I cracked up laughing...those hollywood people certainly didn't do their research!
Worse: The scne from Tommy Boy where she flies from CHAGRINS FALLS to SANDUSKY and lands at that big SANDUSKY AIRPORT.


Here's that sprawling Sandusky Airport:

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