Milpitas Pronunciation?

[Michael Moore]

So my fiancee works for a business that gets calls from
all across the country, and she receives a call from
a place, and the computer brings up the name "Milpitas, CA".

"Oh, you're in MILL-pih-toss"

"Um, it's pronounced mill-PEE-tiss"...

So: half of the people who read this say:
"Well, of course, it's mill-PEE-tiss: what else could it be?

And the other half (including, probably, all of Northshield) say:
"What? You mean it ISN'T MILL-pih-toss??"

You learn something new every day.
Peregrine the Illuminator
Bard of Nordskogen
mo...@stolaf.edu uu

[Dorothy J Heydt]

[Hal posting from Dorothy's account...]
In article <1995Jan28.0...@news.stolaf.edu>,

Michael Moore <mo...@mari.acc.stolaf.edu> wrote:
>"Oh, you're in MILL-pih-toss"
>"Um, it's pronounced mill-PEE-tiss"...

>"Well, of course, it's mill-PEE-tiss: what else could it be?

>"What? You mean it ISN'T MILL-pih-toss??"

More like "mill-PEE-t's" or "mill-PEE-tus". In any case it's
about 35 miles south of me...

Our usual problems come from people who never learned any Spanish
and then see the local names. Not to mention the ones that don't
know that "Andreas" is "Andrew"....

--Hal Ravn
(Hal Heydt)

[Peter Thorn]

In a previous posting, Michael Moore (mo...@mari.acc.stolaf.edu) writes:
> And the other half (including, probably, all of Northshield) say:
> "What? You mean it ISN'T MILL-pih-toss??"

And then you get those of us who say: "What? You mean it *isn't*
Mil-PEE-tass?"

Ouen atte Thornes (Called the Peevish)
--
****************************** CAVEAT LECTOR ********************************

Peter Thorn (aw504) "I wasn't born nasty...it's the result of years of
The OwlsBurrow practice and hard work..."

[YOU STUCK UP, HALF WITTED, SCRUFFY LOOKING NERF HERDER]

Gee, and I had always thought it was pronounced "Mil-PIE-tis" ... sounds more
like a disease that way ... ;)

Yours in Service to the Dream,

Karen Larsdatter med det Usigelige Efternavn fra Skyggedal
Seneschale/Arts & Sciences Officer of the Embryonic College of (*)
THAT'S RIGHT, FOLKS! THE GMU CHAPTER IS NOW AN OFFICIAL CAMPUS ORGANIZATION!
JOIN US FOR FIGHT PRACTICE ON WEDNESDAY NIGHTS! DANCE TOO, IF ANYONE'S
INTERESTED! :)

[CORWYN]

My vote is for "MIL-piteous"
Ho Ho Ho.

[Suze Hammond]

DJH> From: djh...@uclink.berkeley.edu (Dorothy J Heydt)

DJH> [Hal posting from Dorothy's account...]

DJH> Michael Moore <mo...@mari.acc.stolaf.edu> wrote:
>"Oh, you're in MILL-pih-toss"

[...]
DJH> More like "mill-PEE-t's" or "mill-PEE-tus". In any case it's
DJH> about 35 miles south of me...

DJH> Our usual problems come from people who never learned any Spanish
DJH> and then see the local names. Not to mention the ones that don't
DJH> know that "Andreas" is "Andrew"....

DJH> --Hal Ravn

Wha!?! Ye canna mean -that-, Laddie...

Because if ye meant -that-, then it would be bein' "Saint Andrew's Fault",
an' we -all- ken SAINT ANDRRRREW, Patrrron Saint o' Bonnie Scotland, disna
hae any -faults-!

Morrrreach NicMhaolain

... Your remark has been reported to the Scots Anti-Defamation League ....

[Dorothy J Heydt]

In article <79185533...@jina.rain.com>,
Suze Hammond <Suze.H...@f56.n105.z1.fidonet.org> wrote:

> Hal> More like "mill-PEE-t's" or "mill-PEE-tus". In any case it's
> Hal> about 35 miles south of me...

And it means "little cornstalks"....
>
> Hal> Our usual problems come from people who never learned any Spanish
> Hal> and then see the local names. Not to mention the ones that don't
> Hal> know that "Andreas" is "Andrew"....

>
>
>Because if ye meant -that-, then it would be bein' "Saint Andrew's Fault",

....;

The SCA branch in San Francisco now is the Shire of Cloondara.
But once upon a time it was the Province of St. Andrews, whose
arms contained a saltire (St. Andrew's Cross) fracted, and whose
motto was "Non Est Culpa Nostra" (It's Not Our Fault).