# Des Plaines?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/des-plaines/41197>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 14, 2000, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/des-plaines/41197 "2000-11-14T20:24:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2013, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/des-plaines/41197/42 "2013-03-31T13:40:13Z")

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Speaking of names in CA, there’s a city called Coalinga that has been mis-pronounced by everyone for decades. The normal pronunciation is Ko-a Ling-a, but it should be Kol-ing Ay. It’s an old railroad facility that used to be called Coaling Station A - trains went there to get coal and water.

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**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2013, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/des-plaines/41197/43 "2013-03-31T20:09:09Z")

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> [@Suo\_Na](#):
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> Aux Vasse should be pronounced (in French) Oh v-ass, with a flattish “a” and a soft (unvocalised) “s”.
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> I wish everybody knew the IPA. It makes life so much easier.

So do I, because I haven’t the faintest idea what a “flattish” ‘A’ might be (or a “broad” one, for that matter).

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**Post date:** [March 31, 2013, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/des-plaines/41197/44 "2013-03-31T20:18:11Z")

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> [@njtt](#):
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> I pronounce the one in Russia as MOSS-koh, too. I think that is how most British people say it. Moss-KOW is an American thing.

German, too. (They spell it _Moskau_.)

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**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2013, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/des-plaines/41197/45 "2013-03-31T20:35:14Z")

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> [@Mdcastle](#):
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> our “Th” sound

Which one? 😛

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**Post date:** [March 31, 2013, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/des-plaines/41197/46 "2013-03-31T22:32:17Z")

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> [@Johanna](#):
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> Which one? 😛

Eizer, I sink.

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