Very good use of archipelago for someone from Sedamsville!!  :clap:

 

also interesting is the dialect in that the area is usually pronounced as "firelinz" or with the typical ne ohio accent "fire-LAANds," but also i noticed that on the western side of it that the nw ohioans might use the original two-part "fire lands."

 

 

I have heard it pronounced numerous ways; they way I say (as well as my family and friends, etc.) Firelands is "firelinz" (with more of a short-i sound, similar to the last syllables in Cleveland, Brooklyn, or woodland).

 

 

i've heard of sandusky, port clinton, etc. & the islands region mentioned as firelands (most common), ohio's vacationland (a fairly popular old moniker) & as north central ohio. there is even a bgsu firelands campus.

 

 

Yep!  We have BGSU Firelands, Firelands Winery, Firelands Regional Medical Center, Firelands Historical Society, Firelands Conference (high school athletic league), Firelands Symphony, Firelands Chapter Red Cross, Firelands Credit Union, Firelands Chapter Land Conservancy, Firelands blah blah blah

 

You get the idea  :-D

Majority of my cincinnati friends are from the west side. I always make fun of how they say words like "home".

 

hehehehe