Jill Ann Hurst wrote:
>
> 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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For the record, the college is Canaisus, the lake is Conesus.
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All the best,

Bill