Talk:Cholame, California

Pronunciation
It would be nice to know the proper pronunciation of this town's name. Scriptor Rex 00:38, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Cholame pronunciation
In the one building "town " of Cholame CA (where James Dean died on 9/30/1955), they pronounce the name of their town as "sha-lamb" with the emphasis on the second syllable. It sounded to me a lot like "Shazzam!" the old Capt. Marvel (??) expletive.

In Parkfield, 10 miles up the road and the earthquake capital of the world, they pronounce it "Shlamb" like in "don't Shlam the door!"

One can win bets on this pronunciation; no one who doesn't know ever gets it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jimcurl (talk • contribs) 04:30, 12 November 2009 (UTC)