In a message dated 05/01/2000 8:31:23 AM Central Daylight Time,
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> I grew up in the area too and pronounced it Kah-nee-shus as well. I had
> never heard it pronounced differently. Of course, I grew up in Almond but
no
> one would pronounce like the nut.
>
> Kelly Taft Krause
Ok, I'll "bite" - How do you pronounce Almond, the town???
(I'd say AHL-mund or AL-mund for the nut...)
>>
We pronounced it Al-mund. (like the name Al). It was named while the
pioneers were sitting in a meeting passing around a bowl of Almond nuts.
Beats me why the decided on that, guess there was no one there ready to name
after someone other than themselves.
Kelly