Bert! LMAO, we true Coloradoans pronounce it Caw-lah-ra (as in rat)-dah (if of my dad's generation and rangeland background) or Caw-lah-ra-doe, at least on the Western Slope. They do talk funny on the Eastern Slope.:-)

Oh and we are Caw-lah-ra-duns, not doe-uns. **BG**

It reminds of a time I was bartending in a local pizza parlour up here in Wyoming and some oil field roughneck came in and asked me for a "Curs" beer. I had to ask him to repeat it before I realised he meant "Coo-ers." Growing up in Coors country, I'd never hear it pronounced like a mangy dog.

So, who can tell me which way Kirstie is pronounced in Scotland? I have heard "Kear-stee" which is what we call our oldest daughter, but we had the devil of a time getting people to say it that way, instead of "Kur-stee."

Thanks,

kat