Posted on 11/28/2021 10:28:17 AM PST by joma89
Waukesha is so little-known that even some American commentators struggled to pronounce the town’s name this week.
I noticed the error because I lived in this part of Milwaukee for six months. My wife grew up in Waukesha County (you can hear the pronunciation at this link). In 2019, I worked many days in a local coffee shop along the stretch of road that became the site of so much evil and tragedy on Sunday.
Darrell E. Brooks, a 39-year-old career criminal, killed six people and injured 62 more when he sped, zigzagging, through the City of Waukesha’s 58th Annual Christmas Parade.
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I never let it die!!
Keeping it front and center is important.
Kurt...not Kate!!!
I know it’s off subject - but wasn’t it a bit early for a Christmas parade?
Ha! I live in the area and even the locals argue about how to pronounce it and where the accent is. WALK-uh-shaw. Wa-KEY-shaw. WALK-ih-shaw.
The victims are in my prayers every day.
This is a very different description from the one used by propaganda media CNN. Their website article says a CAR drive through and a DRIVER ploughed through. In the final paragraph they named the person but no mention of his being a career criminal.
Having spent time in nearby Waukegan (Wa-KEE-gun), I assumed it was Wa-KEE-shuh. Seems that was wrong based on how most “locals” I’ve heard pronounce it.
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