Date:  Thu, 5 Oct 1995 08:32:47 CST

From:  Luanne von Schneidemesser <lvonschn[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]FACSTAFF.WISC.EDU>

Subject: Re: icebox and upstate



In Message Wed, 4 Oct 1995 22:49:45 -0400,

 Seth Sklarey <crissiet[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]IPOF.FLA.NET> writes:



>

>For my two cents I will add Salina, Kansas and Salinas, California, one of

>which is

>pronounce Saleena, and the othe Sal-I-nas. Which of course led to the age-old

>question: Is the capitol of Kansas pronuonced Witchitaw or Wicheeta? A geography

>gold star to the "correct" answer.

>

>Seth Sklaey

>Wittgenstein School of the Unwritten Word

>coconut Grove, FL



The correct pronunciation of the capital of Kansas is Tuhpeekuh (Topeka),

where I spent some of my formative years and visited the capitol. My

father went to college in Suhlainuh, to Kansas Wesleyan.



Luanne