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Subject: Re: How to pronounce "Myleigh" (as in Cyrus) Author: Dmitri [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 20:50:43 05/29/10 Sat In reply to: Ed Greenberg 's message, "Re: How to pronounce "Myleigh" (as in Cyrus)" on 11:34:08 05/29/10 Sat >> >>> >>>Of course, it didn't hurt that I lived at the corner >>>of Leigh Avenue at the time. >> >>Named after Vivien Leigh I take it? > >Not sure. We had a book of the origins of San Jose >street names, but it's gone now that we've moved into >the trailer and started full-time RVing. That's how >we pronounced it, though. >target=_blank >href="http://xrl.in/5h8f">http://xrl.in/5h8f I was joking actually. Vivien Leigh was an English actress and not likely suitable material to name a street in the US of A after. Californians are weird sometimes though, I've discovered. Dmitri [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: How to pronounce "Myleigh" (as in Cyrus) Author: Joe Williams [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 00:17:44 05/30/10 Sun >>> >>>> >>>>Of course, it didn't hurt that I lived at the corner >>>>of Leigh Avenue at the time. >>> >>>Named after Vivien Leigh I take it? >> >>Not sure. We had a book of the origins of San Jose >>street names, but it's gone now that we've moved into >>the trailer and started full-time RVing. That's how >>we pronounced it, though. >target=_blank rel=nofollow >>target=_blank >>href="http://xrl.in/5h8f">http://xrl.in/5h8f > >I was joking actually. Vivien Leigh was an English >actress and not likely suitable material to name a >street in the US of A after. Californians are weird >sometimes though, I've discovered. > >Dmitri Could have been Janet Leigh perhaps? JW

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: How to pronounce "Myleigh" (as in Cyrus) Author: Deadly Ernest [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 03:50:59 05/30/10 Sun >>>> >>>>> >>>>>Of course, it didn't hurt that I lived at the >corner >>>>>of Leigh Avenue at the time. >>>> >>>>Named after Vivien Leigh I take it? >>> >>>Not sure. We had a book of the origins of San Jose >>>street names, but it's gone now that we've moved into >>>the trailer and started full-time RVing. That's how >>>we pronounced it, though. >target=_blank rel=nofollow >>target=_blank rel=nofollow >>>target=_blank >>>href="http://xrl.in/5h8f">http://xrl.in/5h8f >> >>I was joking actually. Vivien Leigh was an English >>actress and not likely suitable material to name a >>street in the US of A after. Californians are weird >>sometimes though, I've discovered. >> >>Dmitri >Could have been Janet Leigh perhaps? > >JW Leigh is a very old first name that has roots in English as well as Gaelic, and is suitable for a boy or a girl. It is also listed as a form of Lee, however, I think it's a case of Leigh degenerating into Lee over the centuries. reference source: http://babynamesworld.parentsconnect.com/meaning_of_Leigh.html Ernest

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: How to pronounce "Myleigh" (as in Cyrus) Author: Dmitri [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 07:51:14 05/30/10 Sun >Leigh is a very old first name that has roots in >English as well as Gaelic, and is suitable for a boy >or a girl. It is also listed as a form of Lee, >however, I think it's a case of Leigh degenerating >into Lee over the centuries. reference source: > > >href="http://babynamesworld.parentsconnect.com/meaning_ >of_Leigh.html">http://babynamesworld.parentsconnect.com >/meaning_of_Leigh.html > >Ernest Yeah, but if those San Hosers wanted to name the street after that good American, Robert E. Lee, they wouldn't have named it "Leigh" I don't think. Dmitri (tongue firmly in both cheeks above) (I had to look up Janet Leigh, had never heard of her.)

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: How to pronounce "Myleigh" (as in Cyrus) Author: Deadly Ernest [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 08:20:09 05/30/10 Sun >>Leigh is a very old first name that has roots in >>English as well as Gaelic, and is suitable for a boy >>or a girl. It is also listed as a form of Lee, >>however, I think it's a case of Leigh degenerating >>into Lee over the centuries. reference source: >> >> >>href="http://babynamesworld.parentsconnect.com/meaning >_ >>of_Leigh.html">http://babynamesworld.parentsconnect.co >m >>/meaning_of_Leigh.html >> >>Ernest > >Yeah, but if those San Hosers wanted to name the >street after that good American, Robert E. Lee, they >wouldn't have named it "Leigh" I don't think. > >Dmitri >(tongue firmly in both cheeks above) >(I had to look up Janet Leigh, had never heard of her.) true, but I don't think the people in California would be that happy with things named after Confederate generals. Have a look at the streets around the area in the map for Leigh Ave San Jose - there are a lot of avenues with names that can be used as both first names and last names - Ross Ave, Jarvis Ave, Cherry Ave, Hamilton Ave. then when you get into the streets, you get a heck of a lot more first names in the area around Stokes - Norman, Grace, Isabel, Francisco. there's even a whole bunch that don't fit in with either naming schemes. The source in San Jose could have been anything, first name or last name or pulled out of a hat. Ernest