I went to Hamilton High School school with Blaine Koops (the former Allegan County Sheriff, now retired). My dad's best friend was his uncle, Lloyd Koops. Again, the correct pronunciation is "Copes." Down the road from us lived the Koop family. Harvey and Mary Lou Koop (of Hamilton Dahila Farm fame) and their children. The correct pronunciation is "Coop." One consonant at the end of a name changes everything.
Eding Tractor Sales in Hamilton (and all Edings that I know of) pronounce their name "A-ding," not "Ed-ing."
We lived in Cambridge, Ohio for four years. I worked at the daily paper in Zanesville, Ohio. There was a small town not far from Zanesville called Gratiot, pronounced "Gray-Shot." In later years I worked for a paper in Ithaca, Michigan, which the county seat for Gratiot County, pronounced "Gra-shit." Not far from Ithaca was the tiny town of Pompeii, pronounced "Pom-pee-eye," not to be confused with the city of Pompeii, pronounced "Pom-pay," that was buried by a volcano.
The Arkansas river is pronounced "Ark-ken-saw," until it flows through Kansas where it is pronounced "Are-Kansas." At least that is what my sister told me. Could be her circle of friends were the only ones who pronounced it that way.
And then there are variations on spelling, as in Cheboygan, Michigan and Sheboygan, Wisconsin.
And then there are variations on spelling, as in Cheboygan, Michigan and Sheboygan, Wisconsin.
My maiden name is Stehower, the correct familial spelling is Stehouwer. Dad changed it, supposedly because the military got it wrong during WWII and he rather liked the spelling. Regardless, the name is "Stay-hower." But frankly I've never been one to correct someone who says it wrong.
There is no point to this, it's just random thoughts triggered by a well driller's truck.
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