In a message dated 05/01/2000 8:31:23 AM Central Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes: << > > 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