Comments on: Where’s Coon-uh? http://idahoradionews.com/index.php/2008/01/30/wheres-coon-uh/ News, notes and the inside scoop on Idaho's radio industry & beyond Mon, 12 Mar 2012 04:43:11 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Nicki http://idahoradionews.com/index.php/2008/01/30/wheres-coon-uh/comment-page-1/#comment-91622 Nicki Mon, 08 Sep 2008 20:50:59 +0000 http://idahoradionews.com/index.php/2008/01/30/wheres-coon-uh/#comment-91622 That is such a lie - I live 8 miles from Kuna and that it NOT how it is pronounced. I have lived here for 28 years and it is pronounced (Qu-na). That is such a lie – I live 8 miles from Kuna and that it NOT how it is pronounced. I have lived here for 28 years and it is pronounced (Qu-na).

]]> By: Tommy http://idahoradionews.com/index.php/2008/01/30/wheres-coon-uh/comment-page-1/#comment-89436 Tommy Sun, 03 Feb 2008 18:07:10 +0000 http://idahoradionews.com/index.php/2008/01/30/wheres-coon-uh/#comment-89436 Was doing news at KTFI in Twin Falls around 1990 when I had to read a story from "Weippe." Gulp. Found out later from a college buddy how I should have pronounced his home town of WEE-ipe. Not wipey. Was doing news at KTFI in Twin Falls around 1990 when I had to read a story from “Weippe.” Gulp. Found out later from a college buddy how I should have pronounced his home town of WEE-ipe. Not wipey.

]]> By: Buster Bronco http://idahoradionews.com/index.php/2008/01/30/wheres-coon-uh/comment-page-1/#comment-89403 Buster Bronco Sat, 02 Feb 2008 04:19:04 +0000 http://idahoradionews.com/index.php/2008/01/30/wheres-coon-uh/#comment-89403 Mr. Morgan, Can you provide the definitive answer regarding "...where the New York Canal is located….and why it was named such"? Mr. Morgan,
Can you provide the definitive answer regarding “…where the New York Canal is located….and why it was named such”?

]]> By: Roger W Morgan http://idahoradionews.com/index.php/2008/01/30/wheres-coon-uh/comment-page-1/#comment-89399 Roger W Morgan Sat, 02 Feb 2008 03:30:48 +0000 http://idahoradionews.com/index.php/2008/01/30/wheres-coon-uh/#comment-89399 I could give you a million dollar bill....LOLOL. Of course you being involved or having been involved in radio know the old twist. I love this discussion. For those trying to pronounce Malheur County, Oregon......It is NOT Mall-er. I don't know if I can spell it phonetically...I give up trying to spell it phonetically. I will let others on this forum who are much more creative than I take a run at it. I could give you a million dollar bill….LOLOL. Of course you being involved or having been involved in radio know the old twist.

I love this discussion. For those trying to pronounce Malheur County, Oregon……It is NOT Mall-er. I don’t know if I can spell it phonetically…I give up trying to spell it phonetically. I will let others on this forum who are much more creative than I take a run at it.

]]> By: elchupacabras http://idahoradionews.com/index.php/2008/01/30/wheres-coon-uh/comment-page-1/#comment-89394 elchupacabras Fri, 01 Feb 2008 22:51:37 +0000 http://idahoradionews.com/index.php/2008/01/30/wheres-coon-uh/#comment-89394 Pete Gregory! I haven't heard from you in years! I was a little squirt cutting my teeth on the air when you worked at KID. I remember hearing you got shot at a few years back. Best wishes, Ben Reed Pete Gregory! I haven’t heard from you in years! I was a little squirt cutting my teeth on the air when you worked at KID. I remember hearing you got shot at a few years back. Best wishes, Ben Reed

]]> By: Pete Gregory http://idahoradionews.com/index.php/2008/01/30/wheres-coon-uh/comment-page-1/#comment-89390 Pete Gregory Fri, 01 Feb 2008 21:45:14 +0000 http://idahoradionews.com/index.php/2008/01/30/wheres-coon-uh/#comment-89390 In my years at KFXD, I just assumed that KUNA was the competition down the road. Who knew? In my years at KFXD, I just assumed that KUNA was the competition down the road. Who knew?

]]> By: Buster Bronco http://idahoradionews.com/index.php/2008/01/30/wheres-coon-uh/comment-page-1/#comment-89387 Buster Bronco Fri, 01 Feb 2008 19:39:10 +0000 http://idahoradionews.com/index.php/2008/01/30/wheres-coon-uh/#comment-89387 Add Melba to this list. I have heard it pronounced Meal-bah, Meb-lah, Me-el-bah, etc. Moscow is pronounced "Moss -coe", not "Moss-cow". Caldwell is pronounced "Called-well" not "Call-well". Add Melba to this list. I have heard it pronounced Meal-bah, Meb-lah, Me-el-bah, etc.
Moscow is pronounced “Moss -coe”, not “Moss-cow”.
Caldwell is pronounced “Called-well” not “Call-well”.

]]> By: 20 Years Ago http://idahoradionews.com/index.php/2008/01/30/wheres-coon-uh/comment-page-1/#comment-89386 20 Years Ago Fri, 01 Feb 2008 19:32:55 +0000 http://idahoradionews.com/index.php/2008/01/30/wheres-coon-uh/#comment-89386 Some of my favorites from working in South-Eastern Idaho: Dubois (doo-BOY-ss) not (du-bo-wah) Declo not Delco (They don't make batteries there) Butte, Mt. (Beaut) not (boot) Ririe (rye-A-ree) not (Reary) Shoshone (Show-Shown) not (Show-Shown-E) Rupert (Roo-pert) not (rup-pert) I'm amazed everyday. Some of my favorites from working in South-Eastern Idaho:

Dubois (doo-BOY-ss) not (du-bo-wah)
Declo not Delco (They don’t make batteries there)
Butte, Mt. (Beaut) not (boot)
Ririe (rye-A-ree) not (Reary)
Shoshone (Show-Shown) not (Show-Shown-E)
Rupert (Roo-pert) not (rup-pert)

I’m amazed everyday.

]]> By: Buster Bronco http://idahoradionews.com/index.php/2008/01/30/wheres-coon-uh/comment-page-1/#comment-89381 Buster Bronco Fri, 01 Feb 2008 05:56:25 +0000 http://idahoradionews.com/index.php/2008/01/30/wheres-coon-uh/#comment-89381 Mr. Morgan, What is the grand prize for correctly responding to inquiry regarding the location of the New York Canal and the origin of the name? I sure could use a million dollars. Please allow me to refer you to the following PDF file: http://www.idahohistory.net/Reference%20Series/0190.pdf. This document refers to the New York capitalists who conceptualized and developed the New York Canal style system in the area. The website http://www.usbr.gov/dataweb/html/boise.html#general discusses the role the New York Canal plays in disseminating irrigation water from Lucky Peak to Lake Lowell. Website imnh.isu.edu/digitalatlas/hydr/cnlsirr/cnli1.htm - features photos of the construction of the New York Canal supplied by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and the Idaho Historical Society. Mr. Morgan,
What is the grand prize for correctly responding to inquiry regarding the location of the New York Canal and the origin of the name? I sure could use a million dollars.
Please allow me to refer you to the following PDF file: http://www.idahohistory.net/Reference%20Series/0190.pdf. This document refers to the New York capitalists who conceptualized and developed the New York Canal style system in the area.
The website http://www.usbr.gov/dataweb/html/boise.html#general discusses the role the New York Canal plays in disseminating irrigation water from Lucky Peak to Lake Lowell.
Website imnh.isu.edu/digitalatlas/hydr/cnlsirr/cnli1.htm – features photos of the construction of the New York Canal supplied by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and the Idaho Historical Society.

]]> By: RadioActive http://idahoradionews.com/index.php/2008/01/30/wheres-coon-uh/comment-page-1/#comment-89374 RadioActive Fri, 01 Feb 2008 02:16:37 +0000 http://idahoradionews.com/index.php/2008/01/30/wheres-coon-uh/#comment-89374 Yes, and let us not forget the state of Oregon as it has some real winners for names as well..... other than just the ones in our neck of the woods.... Yes, and let us not forget the state of Oregon as it has some real winners for names as well….. other than just the ones in our neck of the woods….

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