I can pronounce Willamette and living in WA; does that prove your point?

My dad still says Warshington, which boggles my mind. How do you get an 'r'
in there?

As for this debate, I used to be in the LIB group by find myself slowly
sliding more towards LIBE. I have no idea why.


On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 11:26 AM, Kyle Banerjee <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 9:50 AM, Ellen Wilson <[log in to unmask]
> >wrote:
>
> > The same debate rages about LibGuides. At one conference, Springshare had
> > badge ribbons that said something like "Team Lib" and "Team Libe" so you
> > could show your allegiance. That was cute.
> >
>
> I thought about trying to get the issue of how to pronounce the name of my
> state and region voted on so the correct forms could be decisively
> established.
>
> Based on the expected outcome of such a vote, it appears that the only
> people who know how to pronounce these things correctly don't actually live
> here.
>
> kyle -- from the Willamette (pronounced like "it's Will-AM-it, dammit!")
> Valley in Orygun
>