10-16-2014, 01:49 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Rockville,MD,USA
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Originally Posted by honeychile
FYI, the reason was Pittsburgh, PA has the H at the end is a tribute to the predominately Scots-Irish heritage of the founders. In the late 1800's, the post office tried to turn all city names ending in -burgh into the more Germanic -burg, and Pittsburgh, PA went along for a few years. Then those wild and crazy Scots-Irish got all feisty and demanded that they get their H back.
To my knowledge, it's the only city that demanded the H, yet even as I type this, I know that somebody will prove me wrong.
I have been known to yell at the television when some former jock says, "Mo-Non-Ga-HEE-La". It's like finger nails on the chalk board to me!
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I've always heard "Mo-Non-Ga-HAY-La"....
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