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Proposed street names upset Bovard residents
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ^ | Monday, March 8, 2004 | Liz Zemba

Posted on 03/08/2004 9:30:28 AM PST by Willie Green

Edited on 04/13/2004 2:03:23 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Some Hempfield Township residents are waging a battle to have five streets renamed for World War II combat heroes, but other proposed names already are in the final stages of approval.

Communities throughout Westmoreland County are renaming roads whose names are duplicated within their own borders or in nearby towns.


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TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: streetnames; theburgh

1 posted on 03/08/2004 9:30:28 AM PST by Willie Green
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Some of the names were rejected because they were deemed too difficult to pronounce, said Rob Ritson, township manager. Municipalities were asked to choose new street names that are easy to say aloud.
Ritson acknowledged that "Thomas" and "Price" are easily pronounced, but he said they were rejected because "the concern was, you didn't want to be selective, to cite one hero (and not another) because his name is easy to pronounce."

So what's wrong with "Kasmir Dziedzickie Street"???
That one would be EASY to pronounce...
Afterall, it's not as if there aren't any vowels to help y'inz sound it out.

2 posted on 03/08/2004 9:35:35 AM PST by Willie Green (Go Pat Go!!!)
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