Monday, August 13, 2007

The results are in and the South Carolina Place Name Pronunciation Guide is up! Have fun looking around and, for those of us who have been here long enough to have an opinion, be sure to vote on the two unresolved place names: Cheraw and Clemson:

"Cheraw – chuh • RAW, shuh • RAW
An alert reader sent us a copy of Town of Cheraw Resolution 7-92 that officially designates "chuh • RAW" as the correct pronunciation. It seems actual pronunciations still vary though.

Clemson – CLEM • zun, CLEMP • sun, CLEM • sun
We've heard the ESPN broadcaster's debates, and the Clemson alumni debates, and we've sat around debating it ourselves... Now we'd like to know what YOU say!"

The SC Place Name Pronunciation Guide is here: http://www.sciway.net/ccr/sc-pronunciations.html

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