Talk:Hockessin, Delaware

pronunciation
The orginal article said "it is pronounced HOE-kessin" (which I corrected to hoe-KESS-in). I'm guessing he was trying to distinguish from the way visitors often pronounce it, HOCK-ess-in, by moving the k to the second syllable, but he made it look like the accent is on the first syllable. Pete St.John 16:07, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
 * It is three syllables, but the accent is most definitely on the first syllable. Raul654 16:10, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
 * well it must have changed from when I grew up there (on Ashland Ridge Road, off Sharpless) in the 70's. The population has grown enormously since then and it would not be impossible for the most common mispronunciation of vistitors to take over. Pete St.John 16:26, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I lived in North Star from 1977-1996. 'hoʊ-kɛs-in. Don't forget that IPA is preferred on Wikipedia. samwaltz 17:06, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
 * North Star is a neighbor to the south, hi. I was 1964 (when I was 7) to 1975 (when I graduated from Tower Hill. Not being a linguist of any sort I'm not facile with IPA; I take it the accent mark leading the first syllable indicates accent on the first syllable? I'm willing to go with the theory that rapid population growth has supplanted the earlier pronunciation, but really guys, when I actually lived in Hockessin we actually pronounced it accent on 2nd syllable. Virutally all vistitors understandably pronounced it to rhyme with "moccassin" (accent on the first).Pete St.John 18:35, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

I grew up in Hockessin in the 1950's. It was definitely pronounced Hoe-kessin then. JB Nov 2009.

Landmark businesses?
What is a landmark business and who decides? I recommend that this section be removed as it is mostly red links and might be considered advertising. Wkharrisjr (talk) 20:22, 20 May 2011 (UTC)


 * I've removed the "Landmark Businesses" section as this is inconsistent with the general town template.Wkharrisjr (talk) 17:13, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

Bayard Taylor
Hi,

I work just an article in the German Wikisource, where a hockessin valley (Hockessinthal) is mentioned. Taylor "praises" it in a poem with the title "lars". Anyone know anything about that? Or is it another "Hockessin"?

thx, --Starshollow (talk) 14:58, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Notable People?
The page for the band Television (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_(band)) says:

→Television's roots can be traced to the teenage friendship between Tom Verlaine and Richard Hell. The duo met at Sanford School in Hockessin, Delaware, from which they ran away. Both moved to New York, separately, in the early 1970s, aspiring to be poets.

Those seem to be some pretty significant notable people who aren't mentioned in the Notable People section. Is there a reason why they are omitted? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2605:E000:100B:C050:2D14:55CC:4FF6:8311 (talk) 05:40, 27 August 2019 (UTC)

The opening states that the name is derived from a Native American name, then immediately goes into a long explanation for why that's not possible. It's either one or the other, or some new opening needs to be crafted about how it could be either. Jeri Southern (talk) 19:39, 14 May 2023 (UTC)