Can I ask a silly question? How do you pronounce "Pere Marquette?"
Is it pronounced "PEAR," "PER-AY," or some other way?
Is it pronounced "PEAR," "PER-AY," or some other way?
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atsf sp wrote:Boston we pronounce it "PEE-AIR" "MAAR-KET" but don't pronounce a plain market.Back in the '70s I worked with Pere Marquette (PM) engineers out of Walbridge it was pronounced like in the quote above.
COEN77 wrote:Shame on them. Somebody should have given them French lessons and history lessons both. But when I went to work for the C&O in 1955, everyone I dealt with used the "right" pronunciation.atsf sp wrote:Boston we pronounce it "PEE-AIR" "MAAR-KET" but don't pronounce a plain market.Back in the '70s I worked with Pere Marquette (PM) engineers out of Walbridge it was pronounced like in the quote above.