Remember me telling you about the meteorite in June that crashed into the roof of a house in Henry County, Georgia? Here is a link to more information about it....
I found this very interesting! Just imagine the speed that this was going when it crashed into the house. The owner said they are still picking dust out of the furniture from it! One thing and I know that in the scheme of things, no one else will really care but if they do end up calling this meteorite, the McDonough meteorite, I do hope that they will say the town name correctly. On the news, it is pronounced "MICK- dunna". The locals have always said "Mick-donna". Just a slight difference perhaps but it hurts my ears to hear it incorrectly!
No meteorites in Rockdale County but we do have butterflies! If only they would be still long enough for me to take a few photos for you.
Richard should have some good photos for you! Look out for another post soon!
It irks me, too, when I know the correct pronounciation of a name (person, place or anything else) and hear it pronounced wrongly. Same with spelling. My first name is often spelled wrongly in emails (Mike instead of Meike), and I always, ALWAYS correct it, last but not least because I am not and have never been Mr. Riley!!
ReplyDeleteYou have reminded me that when I worked for Bowen's Travel, it was owned by a woman by the name of Jimi Bowen. Very often, we got phone calls asking for Mr. Bowen saying they were very close friends with HIM! Hope you had time to look at that link, it's a bit long but very detailed about the meteorite disintegrating inside the home. Man was really lucky he didn't get hit by it.
DeleteI have never seen a meteorites and hope never to experience one.
ReplyDeleteTo be honest, I am a bit bummed out because I didn't see this one! It was so close and we had been out almost all morning. We had been out on our friend's porch admiring how much sky they can observe from the front of their house, and then, we went inside. That is probably when the meteor went over! Oh well, and a miss is as good as a mile.
DeleteHaving your house hit like that had to have been scary to say the least It's good it doesn't happen often. I for one wondered if insurance would cover any damage done. We've only had a few butterflies this summer but they are beautiful. I' ve never been able to capture a good picture of one, except one time when we visited a butterfly house. There was so many butterflies there you couldn't help but get a good shot at one.
ReplyDeleteI've been to a butterfly house at Callaway Gardens here in Georgia. Loved that! We saw a butterfly on a trail recently that we have never seen before, so happy to identify it!! Look out for it in future post!
Delete'McDonough,' is always pronounced 'McDonough.' I could not find that report, just a mass of weather data. A meteorite through the house could be dangerous mind..
ReplyDeleteOh, sorry you couldn't read that! Perhaps if you did a search for "Henry County Georgia Meteorite and 11Alive news" you might find it? Now, would you say "Mc Donna" or "Mc Dunna"? Do tell! In our office filing at work, our files had labels from A to Z but after "M", we also have the "Mc" section. Is it the same in Scotland and everywhere else? These are the kinds of things i wonder about!
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DeleteYou must be clairvoyant. I have been wondering about the meteorite. After reading the article I know more. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteYou are welcome! I've studied the photo of it. Sure would be thrilled if I could see bits of that meteorite on our trails! Hope to see it at that Science Museum. I will post about it if I do.
DeleteYour butterflies is beautiful! I've often wondered about meteorites falling on houses, space debris too. There certainly is enough of that up there.
ReplyDeleteI've heard about all the space debris. Bit sad really, we polluted everywhere. More butterflies to come! 🦋
DeleteI did read that article and it was incredibly interesting. I have never ever been by one.
ReplyDeleteLove your butterflies.
Have to admit sometimes I say things wrong too.
Funny thing, I lived in South Georgia as a teenager so I learned quickly not to say the name of a street or town until I knew how the locals said it! We lived in Doe Run community near Moultrie, and it was pronounced "Dor-un". So, I am sensitive about these things!
DeleteOh and also, if I was going to do a report on TV, how hard is to check how something should be pronounced? Reporters dont have a problem saying "At-lana" rather than "Atlanta". You don't say that last "t", do you?
DeleteWell that is very interesting about the meteorite. I thought they could be worth money.
ReplyDeletebeautiful butterfly.
Cathy
Of all places on Earth, that meteorite came crashing into a Georgia house, not too far from us! Wish I had seen it.
DeleteWe have loads of things here that never get pronounced properly. like Americans always call our city Edinboro instead of Edinburgh. And most English people, even TV presenters, can't pronounce Loch, they always say Lock Lomond or Lock Ness. They even had a TV series filmed in the Scottish Highlands called 'The Loch' where even the Scots in the cast called it (the Lock ) presumably to please an English audience and so they wouldn't be out of step with the rest of the cast. I did notice that a Welsh presenter ( a nation that also has the guttural cchh sounds on certain words had no bother at all pronouncing it. I can understand how a long complex word might be hard ... but four letters? How hard can that be?
ReplyDeletePronouncing place names if you are not from there is always a gamble. I find it's best to ask if you can.
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