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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 >