Hey, I know Nevada, Iowa!! I even know how to pronounce it correctly: Nah-VAY-dah. How's THAT??? :) My kid's nursery school teacher lived there. Her name was Judy Henry, and they (she and her hubby, whose name I cannot remember for the life of me) had a HUGE you-pick strawberry patch. Oh, YUM, were those berries ever good!! And 'Miss Judy' was the best! She had her school in Ames, a big old yellow house. My kids still remember her, and it's been 25 years!
Hey, someone knows where I am!!! That's amaising! I know of the Henrys. I think we are on the next generation at the school now. That is one of the things I can't seem to get used to about a small town.
I don't know what it is about these little towns in Iowa, they choose any old way to pronounce their names. Madrid, Nevada...I guess they feel they can do anything since our capital is Des Moines. My family moved here from Illinois. After being corrected so many times about Des Plains it was hard to get into a new pattern.
Anyway, it does prompt some interesting conversation. I almost felt sorry for our chronic mispronouncer of a president. He visited our town last spring and actually announced it correctly. Of course some of the national media did not know this so they made fun of him anyway.
I guess that is part of the joy of living in Iowa...this is a big topic of conversation. Really tells a lot about what else is going on around here:) On 5/05/02, Magoo wrote: > Hey, I know Nevada, Iowa!! I even know how to pronounce it > correctly: Nah-VAY-dah. How's THAT??? :) > My kid's nursery school teacher lived there. Her name was > Judy Henry, and they (she and her hubby, whose name I > cannot remember for the life of me) had a HUGE you-pick > strawberry patch. Oh, YUM, were those berries ever good!! > And 'Miss Judy' was the best! She had her school in Ames, > a big old yellow house. My kids still remember her, and > it's been 25 years!
Hey, someone knows where I am!!! That's amaising!
I know of the Henrys. I think we are on the next generation
at the school now. That is one of the things I can't seem to
get used to about a small town.
I don't know what it is about these little towns in Iowa,
they choose any old way to pronounce the...See More