One Syllable City
HotTub01
On each Continent?
Travis Murray
Spoiler?
Spoiler?
Spoiler?
Spoiler?
Spoiler?
Spoiler?
Butte, Montana?
HotTub01 wrote in message <19990201123206...@ng10.aol.com>...
Travis Murray
Another shot at spoiler.....?
Another shot at spoiler.....?
Another shot at spoiler.....?
Flint, Michigan
Carl G.
HotTub01 wrote in message <19990201123206...@ng10.aol.com>...
>What's the largest city in the US with a one-syllable name?
I don't think this needs a "spoiler", since I'm not sure, and showing my
first guess will just encourage others to try and find cities that beat my
answer. Since I live in California, my first guess would be Orange, CA (the
city of Orange, population about 150,000, not Orange County, which has a
much larger population, but is not a single city). The answer may depend on
the definition of "city" (e.g. is the "Bronx" considered a city?). Most
population figures are based on the 1990 census and are almost a decade old.
Carl G.
Ian MacDonald
<hott...@aol.comno> writes
>What's the largest city in the US with a one-syllable name?
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Continental spoilers?>
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Done in a rush
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So they could all be
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Totally
Wrong.
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America - Butte.
Africa - Fez.
Europe - Rome.
Asia - Seoul.
Australasia - Perth.
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Ian MacDonald
Carl G.
Travis Murray wrote in message <794ru4$7is$1...@nw003t.infi.net>...
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>Flint, Michigan
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>>On each Continent?
Flint, Michigan is so close to my answer of Orange, California, that without
the new 2000 census figures, it will be hard to decide which has the greater
population (in the 1990 census, Flint had the larger population, but I
believe that Orange had a significantly greater growth rate since the last
census). I believe that currently they both have around 150,000 people.
Carl G.
Travis Murray
bit easier to choose Flint.
Travis
Carl G. wrote in message <794v7g$1va$1...@camel29.mindspring.com>...
Ian MacDonald
<cgi...@mindspring.com> writes
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>HotTub01 wrote in message <19990201123206...@ng10.aol.com>...
>>What's the largest city in the US with a one-syllable name?
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>first guess will just encourage others to try and find cities that beat my
>answer. Since I live in California, my first guess would be Orange, CA (the
>city of Orange, population about 150,000, not Orange County, which has a
>much larger population, but is not a single city). The answer may depend on
>the definition of "city" (e.g. is the "Bronx" considered a city?). Most
>population figures are based on the 1990 census and are almost a decade old.
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>Carl G.
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In the UK it would be pronounced 'or-ange' and therefore two syllables.
Having been to California (hey!) I know that they say 'ornge'. So if
the city's in your country and that's the way you pronounce it, then
who's gonna argue with you? :)
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Ian MacDonald
Carl G.
Travis Murray wrote in message <794vf3$fkv$1...@nw003t.infi.net>...
>According to Webster's Dictionary, "Orange" is two syllables, making it a
>bit easier to choose Flint.
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> Travis
You are right, I should have looked it up. A lot of Californians say the
word with just one syllable ("ornj", instead of "or-inj"), but I think you
are right that the dictionary should be the decisive factor. This brings up
an issue I had about determining the number of syllables in foreign cities.
Some cities, like the city of Rome in Italy, would have two syllables when
spoken in the local language (Roma). Which should be used?
Carl G.
D.J. Schreffler
Well, Californians are just weird...so is most of the South and Northeast.
The Midwest, Great Plains, and Northwest are the only normal places. (IMO
at least. Live in Seattle so...) Where I come from, we say or-ange. Now
if people in California want to go corrupting the language, we'll just
have to re-arm the Tridents and Minutemen and see what we can do about
making Nevada beachfront property *grin*.
D.J.
Luke
>America - Butte.
>Africa - Fez.
>Europe - Rome.
What's wrong with Prague in the Czech republic?
Ian MacDonald
<ma9...@brunel.ac.uk> writes
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>>America - Butte.
>>Africa - Fez.
>>Europe - Rome.
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>What's wrong with Prague in the Czech republic?
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>>Asia - Seoul.
>>Australasia - Perth.
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Ian MacDonald
