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Mississippi

GTurck

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7. In Chicago...

Reply to Ilsa (Reply #2)

Mon Sep 16, 2013, 08:57 AM

Sep 2013

it is pronounced Kos-I-es-kew. I go with that since it is how I heard Polish speakers say the name. But we also have strange translations. For instance Bourbannais, a French word, is pronounced Bor-ban-is. Cairo at the southern tip of the state is pronounced Kay-row. Every state mashes their own heritage it seems.

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Mississippi Towns Spelled Out Phonetically in their Correct Pronunciations for the Media [View all] Recursion Sep 2013 OP

try this. Koko Ware Sep 2013 #1

We have a #3 in Texas, but it's pronounced Ilsa Sep 2013 #2

That's roughly good Polish Recursion Sep 2013 #3

That's a good enough representation of the Polish Gman Sep 2013 #4

A lot of the Texasdeutsch were Czech and Polish Recursion Sep 2013 #5

I'm related by marriage to Ilsa Sep 2013 #6

In Chicago... GTurck Sep 2013 #7

It's a Polish settlement in Texas. Ilsa Sep 2013 #8

Yeah... GTurck Sep 2013 #9

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