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azbackpackr Hi Tech Wizardess
Joined: 31 Dec 2005 Posts: 3639 Location: Needles CA
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Posted: 10/28/2008, 2:57 am Post subject: Spelling Guide to Arizona Place Names |
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Please feel free to add to this list:
Huachucas............not Huachuas, Huchuchas, etc. etc.
Chiricahuas
Hannagan Meadow......NOT Hannigan's Meadow
Tucson.............not Tuscon
Eagar...............not Eager
Show Low.........not Showlow |
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Hikngrl Canyoneering is my 'Happy Place'
Joined: 27 May 2003 Posts: 5578 Location: Peoria, AZ
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Posted: 10/28/2008, 7:49 am Post subject: |
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I'm sure I am guilty! I may just set my self up a link to this page so I can reference it any time I need it! _________________ ~~~Diane~~~
I want to shine! |
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MikeInFHAZ
Joined: 15 Feb 2004 Posts: 1401 Location: location location
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Matt Hoffman
Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 701 Location: Grantham, NH
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gpsjoe
Joined: 01 Feb 2004 Posts: 535 Location: Mesa AZ
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Posted: 10/28/2008, 4:22 pm Post subject: |
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Mazatzal not Mad-As-Hell. |
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azbackpackr Hi Tech Wizardess
Joined: 31 Dec 2005 Posts: 3639 Location: Needles CA
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Posted: 10/28/2008, 5:28 pm Post subject: |
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Willcox, with two l's. |
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Matt Hoffman
Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 701 Location: Grantham, NH
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Posted: 10/28/2008, 7:17 pm Post subject: |
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What is the point of this? This site is a collection of hikers/outdoor enthusiasts, not English majors. You could keep this thread alive forever, and still people will misspell place names and other words. I read a few forums on different sites and it is very apparent that people do not read back to themselves what they have typed before they post. If people would take the time to actually look at the computer screen before posting, there'd be a lot less misspellings and perhaps less grammatical errors. There are certain people out there (not necessarily on this site) whose grammar is so bad, it's like trying to decipher some sort of secret code just to make any sense out of what they're saying!
Wow. I really went off on a tangent there. Anyway, I just don't think these types of threads help the situation (it's not really a situation, I'm just being dramatic) at all. That's just my unsolicited 2 cents. _________________ "Your day-glo ballet days are over." Ancient chinese proverb.
http://web.mac.com/climbingsponge/Matt_Hoffman_Images/Welcome.html |
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lzyboy
Joined: 21 Nov 2004 Posts: 201 Location: Mesa
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Posted: 10/28/2008, 7:36 pm Post subject: |
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gpsjoe wrote: |
Mazatzal not Mad-As-Hell. |
pronounced Ma-zat-zal, not mat-a-zal
azbackpackr wrote: |
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irrespective, regardless, not irregardless _________________ I see my path, but I don't know where it leads. Not knowing where I'm going is what inspires me to travel it.
Rosalia de Castro |
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MikeInFHAZ
Joined: 15 Feb 2004 Posts: 1401 Location: location location
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Posted: 10/28/2008, 7:44 pm Post subject: |
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just like Mazatlan (ma zaht LAHN)
exact same meaning
but since its a thread about spelling and not so much pronunciation, lets get started on acronyms, shall we?
PIN - it is not pin number it is Pin. the "n" stands for number, so dont be redundant. Same rules apply for VIN, ATM and GPS
here's the stumper... if can not becomes can't and could not becomes couldn't - then how does will not become won't
should it not be wiln't? _________________ http://www.arizonahikers.com/board/albums/albwb18/BRIDGE.sized.jpg
bridge hammock, quilts and tarp (all DIY)
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lzyboy
Joined: 21 Nov 2004 Posts: 201 Location: Mesa
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Posted: 10/28/2008, 7:53 pm Post subject: |
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MikeInFHAZ wrote: |
here's the stumper... if can not becomes can't and could not becomes couldn't - then how does will not become won't
should it not be wiln't? |
Because that which we will do is that which we are wont to do, so if we choose not to do, then we are wont not to do, hence we won't do. Am I right?? Sorry, that's the best I could come up with... _________________ I see my path, but I don't know where it leads. Not knowing where I'm going is what inspires me to travel it.
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Shawn I'll sell you map to Lost Dutchman mine!
Joined: 03 Jan 2003 Posts: 2592 Location: Ahwatukee, AZ
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Posted: 10/28/2008, 8:59 pm Post subject: |
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Your
You're
There
Their
They're _________________ The bear went over the mountain to see what he could see. |
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mike What box?
Joined: 30 Dec 2002 Posts: 3134
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Posted: 10/28/2008, 10:57 pm Post subject: |
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Y'all not Ya'll
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azbackpackr Hi Tech Wizardess
Joined: 31 Dec 2005 Posts: 3639 Location: Needles CA
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Posted: 10/29/2008, 2:45 am Post subject: |
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Read the title of the thread, you guys.
My intention was to create a REFERENCE PAGE so that people could check it if they want to. This was to help people if they want help.
If they don't choose to care about spelling place names correctly, they probably also don't choose to care about other spelling or grammatical functions. I suppose that's okay, it's a free country after all. This attitude reflects poorly on them and on Americans in general, in my opinion, but that is another topic.
I personally do proofread everything I type--that's just how I do things.
It was not my intention to start a debate about general grammar and punctuation, nor was it my intention to start a conversation here. I conceived this thread as just a list of place names so people could look at it IF THEY CHOOSE TO. Diane got it!
So there. |
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azbackpackr Hi Tech Wizardess
Joined: 31 Dec 2005 Posts: 3639 Location: Needles CA
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Posted: 10/29/2008, 4:23 am Post subject: |
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PS
I got started with this because people are always misspelling Hannagan Meadow. I see it in print everywhere, especially in the hiking and biking club bulletins. |
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Matt Hoffman
Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 701 Location: Grantham, NH
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