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List of Museums in NY

Thanks for adding and correcting the regions listing for the museums in NY! It's a big help and makes the list more usable. Jllm06 (talk) 16:41, 29 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Upstate New York

Hey- I'm a native 4th generation Central New Yorker (Liverpool, NY all my life) and most of the people I know pronounce coneys as coneys. There are a few people I know who pronounce it cooneys, but it is by no means the only pronunciation- nor, from my experience, the majority pronunciation (I'd say roughly 3/4 of the people I know say coney and the other 1/4 say cooney). I think either pronunciation is generally accepted (although sometimes debated at barbecues) and to simply say "pronounced cooneys" is not accurate whatsoever as it basically comes down to personal preference. I would therefore like to see the Upstate New York article say "sometimes pronounced cooney" or "pronounced by some as cooney" to be more factual and reflect the actual truth of the situation.

Hey- thanks for writing. I too grew up in Liverpool, and when as an adult I lived on the North Side of Syracuse I was the sixth generation of my family to do so. Among people I know in CNY, the pronunciation depends on where one was raised; if one moved to the area from away, that person would probably say "cone-ee" (incorrectly in my view), but natives say "cooney." Now you go and shoot that theory down!

I have put the question to both Heid's and Hoffman Sausages. We'll see what they have to say.

Cheers,

Don

Hi Don, Born and raised in Syracuse (2nd generation) and the word was always cone-ee. I could never figure Syracuse out though because half the people have one accent, and the other half have a completely different accent. Kind of the Saracuse crowd versus the Siracuse crowd! Regards Nconwaymicelli (talk) 07:14, 23 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Gosh, what day is it!! Nconwaymicelli (talk) 07:25, 24 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Pompey, New York

Hi, Don, thanks for your note. Those upstate towns are interesting places. You asked a good question, but I didn't check all the linked pages - just knew that WIKI style is to have just brief info on lists of people like that. All the content is there on the Pompey history page if others want to check it against each of the linked articles on the people. The Sweet brothers seemed quite outstanding and may deserve an article on the family as a whole; maybe they're notable in the area with all three of them. I've seen a few others like that.Parkwells (talk) 16:16, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Upstate New York Legends and Hoaxes

Yes, I agree, but I took it out only to clean up the article. A short list of the most notable of the hoaxes and legends would be OK. Can you get a citation to Weird New York or other reliable sources? Bearian (talk) 16:16, 9 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The four mentioned constitute such a short list of the most notable, IMO. I took a look at "Weird New York;" i dunno - it doesn't seem authoritative to me (no citations there). I'll look for other outside citations for the four items. Thanks again for your rescue work on this article. Don Argus jr (talk) 17:44, 9 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yea, a separate article on the politics is good. I recently heard a great story (no cite): Senator X from Queens calls Warren Anderson in Binghamton and says, "Howyadooin! I'm in Platsboig. Can I stop by and seeya for lunch?" LOL. Bearian (talk) 22:15, 9 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sheesh! I'd love to collect citations for these stories. Don Argus jr (talk) 22:20, 9 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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re Physicians and Scientists of Upstate New York

Hello Don Argus and thank you for your contribution. I do have some questions about this article. Where did this list come from? What is the definition of "Upstate New York"? Would this list not be very large if completed? Herostratus (talk) 14:41, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your reply. If its a spinoff from another article, that's OK with me; I was concerned that you had just made it up. I don't have an opinion on list vs. category. I think for large entities its maybe a good idea to have both. In any case, your list gives considerable info on many entries that a category could not give, so its fine as a list. Cheers, and thanks again for your contributions! PS: Don't forget to sign your talk page posts with four tildes (~~~~) Herostratus (talk) 04:40, 4 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

NYS Museum listing suggestion

DIRT (Drivers Independent Race Tracks) Hall of Fame and Classic Car Museum - Thanks for the listing, I added it as the Northeast Modified Hall of Fame & Classic Car Museum. It seems to have different names and is difficult to pin down visiting information.Jllm06 (talk) 14:27, 2 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Gee whiz, the man has been dead over a hundred years, as the article already said.Don Argus jr (talk) 06:53, 11 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Headless Horseman

Hi, I saw in Hoaxes and legends of upstate New York, that you mentioned Irving's "Sleepy Hollow", and said "Irving's story was based on a German folktale, recorded by Karl Musäus, set in the Dutch culture of Post-Revolutionary War New York State." I've seen this claim made before, but without ever seeming to mention Musäus' story, and I'm trying to track it down and find reliable sources to sort out exactly what his contribution was. Do you know what the source that you used that mentioned this was? Thanks. ‑‑xensyria^T 19:11, 5 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, thanks for this question. I was unwisely repeating a claim made in the wikipedia article about the story, not knowing that it isn't universally accepted. I have removed the claim from the "Hoaxes and Legends" page. Don Argus jr (talk) 15:46, 13 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for looking into it; it's very easily done! ‑‑xensyria^T 01:54, 21 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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