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Perhaps the discrepancy comes for the pronounciation of the college
(Conesus) and the lake (Conesus). Aren't the two pronounced slightly
different?
Jill
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Subject: Conesus Lake pronunciation
Listers,
I'd like some feedback from members familiar with this smaller Finger Lake.
My family always pronounced it Kah-nee-sus, my wife's family as though it
were Kah-nee-shus (as in Canisius). Haven't been able to locate Native
American derivation/pronunciation. Both families had cottages on the lake
when we were growing up.
Any theories to account for the discrepency/anomoly/phenomonen?
David Minor
David Minor
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Pittsford, New York
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