[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] pronunciation of SGGEE

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Bullhead City is on the border of Arizona-California-Nevada, along the  
Colorado River - just north of Interstate 40 which goes east-west across most 
of  the USA.   It is a very popular place for people to go to gamble  (vs. 
Las Vegas and Reno) and take river cruises and far cheaper hotels  and meals 
than the big cities.  I have not been there (but then, I  skedaddle through 
Vegas and Reno as fast as I can to get somewhere  else).   It is desert.   
And I never heard of  references to Esgee or Squeegee either!     
 
Maureen Schoenky  
 
 
In a message dated 7/25/2011 12:32:20 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
daveobee at shaw.ca writes:

I agree  that the common term has been es-gee. I have also heard it 
pronounced  "soggy."

Dave

----- Original Message -----
From: Jerry Frank  <FranklySpeaking at shaw.ca>
Date: Monday, July 25, 2011  12:14
Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] pronunciation of SGGEE
To: Dave  Obee <daveobee at shaw.ca>
Cc: Ger-Poland-Volhynia  <ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org>

> Interesting.  I  vaguely recall the squeegee reference from many 
> years ago when it was  phrased more as a question than a 
> statement.   But the more  common usage has been es-gee.  
> 
> Makes one wonder how  such a reference makes its way to various 
> Internet pages.  The  earliest on line source for that list which 
> I could find was in the  Desert Dwellers Digest, September 2009, 
> out of Bullhead City, Arizona  - quick everyone - where the heck 
> is that?  It is attributed to  someone by the name of Diane 
> Haddad who writes for Family Tree  Magazine but it was not 
> published in that magazine until July  2010.  
> 
> I'm wondering if someone with the initials D.O.  didn't have 
> something to do with it.  <grin>
>  
> 
> Jerry
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----  Original Message -----
> From: Dave Obee  <daveobee at shaw.ca>
> Date: Monday, July 25, 2011 11:53 am
>  Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] pronunciation of SGGEE
> To: Albert  Muth <albertmuth734 at gmail.com>
> Cc: Ger-Poland-Volhynia  <ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org>
> 
> > The  squeegee pronunciation has been around for more than a 
> > decade. I  think the first person I heard say it was Dwayne 
> Tiede 
> >  of Calgary, back in about 2000.
> > 
> > Dave Obee
>  > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Albert Muth  <albertmuth734 at gmail.com>
> > Date: Monday, July 25, 2011  10:29
> > Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] pronunciation of  SGGEE
> > To: Ger-Poland-Volhynia  <ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org>
> > 
> > >  the april 2011 issue of "The Gladwin County Genealogical 
> > Society  
> > > FamilySearch Center"  has a list of acronyms that  people 
> > > frequently come across.
> > > I was  surprised to see SGGEE on the list, because the list 
> was 
>  > > not really
> > > that long.  Of course, the  organization was correctly 
> > > identified, but did
> >  > you know that the acronym is sometimes pronounced “squeegee”?
>  > > 
> > > Who knew?
> > > 
> > > al  muth
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