Lahser? Gee, I didn't know it was spelled that way. Until I was ten, I lived near the intersection of Six Mile (McNichols, but nobody called it that) and Grand River in Detroit, which is closer to that street than any of the the rest of ya. I always thought it was spelled and pronounced "Lasher," which rhymes with Santa's reindeer "Dasher."
I had to call Mom to get verification on that. Mom says it's pronounced just like it's spelled - "LAH-ser," but that a lot of people with a shorter Detroit heritage wouldn't know that (part of my family claims to have gotten there when Cadillac founded Detroit in 17-aught-something). My dad got laid off from his automotive engineer job in 1958 and we moved to Wisconsin, but my parents never adjusted. We went to Detroit every summer for vacation, and my folks STILL go there (from their home in Florida) every summer. I guess I left Detroit too young, because I didn't learn how to pronounce or spell Lahser. Having lived in my birthplace for only 10 years and Wisconsin for only 11, and the rest of my life in California, I may be a man without a home.
Lahser, eh? Well, I'll be damned. The things you can learn on Mudcat never cease to amaze me.
-Joe Offer, who useta think he knew what he was talking about-