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