Talk:Clatskanie, Oregon

Pronunciation
The IPA pronunciation is given as /ˈklæts kɪ ˌniː/; however, if /ni:/ is understood to sound like the English word knee, it is wrong. The correct IPA pronunciation should be /ˈklæts kɪ ˌnaiː/, so that the last syllable sounds like nigh. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.131.227.32 (talk • contribs) 15:59, June 26, 2006


 * How about signing what you say (having respect for the talk page guidelines) and telling us where you got this from? Alamar2000 03:43, 10 February 2007 (UTC)


 * How about being a little less snarky to the newbies? Katr67 17:00, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

Hi - I live just outside of Clatskanie and the above poster is correct: the locals pronounce it /ˈklæts kɪ ˌnaiː/ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.34.137.138 (talk) 00:40, 31 August 2007 (UTC)


 * I can't make heads or tails of IPA, but I've (native Oregonian with a great aunt who lived there) always heard it pronounced something like Klats-kih-nigh. However, it appears the pronunciation in the article was corrected in December 2006. Is it still wrong? If so be bold and fix it. Katr67 17:00, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

History - Name
I tried to rewrite the second paragraph under History for clarity, but realized while doing so that I mostly don't have a clue what it means. I'm hoping that whoever wrote it can help with this. (a) What does Clatskanie mean, if anything? (b) The native people referred to here - is that the Clatskanie themselves? or who? (c) What streams are we talking about, that the native people didn't call Clatskanie but the white men did? (d) What white men? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sylviaa (talk • contribs) 02:11, 22 December 2008 (UTC)


 * (Thanks to EncrMstr for alerting me to this question.) The passage in question is a paraphrase of Lewis A. McArthur, Oregon Geographic Names (5th ed.), where on p. 159 he writes, "Silas B. Smith, Clatsop County pioneer, is quoted in the OHQ, volume I, page 322, to the effect that Tlatskani was a point in the Nehalem Valley reached by the Indians from the Columbia River either by way of what we now know as Youngs River, or by way of Clatskanie River. The Indians used the word Tlats-kani by applying it to certain streams indicating the route they took to get to Tlats-kani, and not as the name of the streams. White men carelessly applied the name to the stream." What "Tlatskani" itself means, I have no idea. As for the rest of your questions: (b) AFAIK that is the name these Native Americans called themselves; (c) the local native people didn't name any of the streams, except inasfar as to indicate where these streams led people to; (d) well, white men like you & me. ("White" as distinguished from Native American: H.L. Mencken has documented at least one instance where an African-American pioneer in the mid-19th century is quoted as saying that he was one of the first white people to settle in these parts. Even though this usage is understandably offensive to some, alternatives to this usage -- e.g., "Europeans" -- are unsatisfactory for obvious reasons.) -- llywrch (talk) 06:42, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

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