February 5, 200916 yr I like it, it's rather urban. Might be because of those tempting pierogies too.
February 5, 200916 yr Nice set of buildings. I like the one on the corner, with storefronts on two levels. Grain and supply stores were a mainstay of small towns like Mantua in the era of small family farms (80-160 acres) with diversified operations and a variety of livestock. Many of those didn't have their own feed-milling equipment, and on an as-needed basis, a farmer would shovel a pickup or a half-ton trailer behind the family car full of ear corn and maybe some oats, and go to the mill, where they'd have it ground and mixed with supplements and bagged in the farmer's hundred-pound burlap bags for livestock feed. Most of those places were on a rail siding where they received feed supplements and other bulk supplies in carload lots, and they offered grain storage, shipping, and marketing services. In addition to livestock feed products and milling, they sold farm-related hardware and tools and most had a selection of farm toys for kids. The farm supply store was a lot of small farmers' General Store, where gossip and rumors and other community news got passed around, and crop prices and speculation about the harvest got thoroughly discussed and argued about. I can't think of any modern-day equivalent; stores like TSC (Tractor Supply) offer quality hardware, parts, and tools for fair prices and a decent line of name-brand work clothing, but they're not gathering places. People wheel in to the parking lot in their giant pickups, run in a get what they need, and head out. Most don't know each other's names, and only a few are regulars enough that the cashiers know them by name.
February 5, 200916 yr In high school I dated a girl from Mantua, and my brother's wife grew up there. Its a cute little town, but many of the farms that once surrounded it are being taken up by McMansions for people that drive way too far to get to work.
February 5, 200916 yr Had a roommate in college at OSU from Mantua... took me forever to figure out what city he was from because of how he pronounced the name of the city... man-oo-ay.
February 5, 200916 yr Chagrin Falls looks nice and lively. Chagrin Falls is a very wealthy area and home to some of Cleveland's elite. It is also the home to Bill Watterson of Calvin & Hobbes.
February 5, 200916 yr Had a roommate in college at OSU from Mantua... took me forever to figure out what city he was from because of how he pronounced the name of the city... man-oo-ay. That pronunciation is correct. And the township containing the Youngstown airport is spelled Vienna but pronounced Vai-enna. They changed it during WWI, supposedly.
February 5, 200916 yr Chagrin Falls is a very wealthy area and home to some of Cleveland's elite. It is also the home to Bill Watterson of Calvin & Hobbes. Yes, I know. I grew up there! :-D So did comedian Tim Conway. Mantua grew up because it was a stop on the mainline of the Erie Railroad which had Ohio's last commuter train service -- between Cleveland and Youngstown which ended in 1977. I lived within a mile of the railroad and remembered hearing trains all day and all night up until about 1980 when Youngstown's steel industry went kaput. That pronunciation is correct. And the township containing the Youngstown airport is spelled Vienna but pronounced Vai-enna. They changed it during WWI, supposedly. North Canton used to be New Berlin until hatred of Germans during World War I forced the change. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
February 6, 200916 yr The town is really pronounced Man-oo-ay? I thought it would be Man-to-uh. Very strange how these pronunciations develop.
February 6, 200916 yr Man-oo-ay. And Campbell, a suburb of Youngstown, is pronounced Camel. Farrell, just across the PA border near Sharon, is pronounced Furl. I think alcohol may have been involved.
February 6, 200916 yr They just sound like red neck readings of the words lol. What kills me the most is Versailles, Indiana is pronounced Ver-sales. :wtf:
February 6, 200916 yr Well done! "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
February 6, 200916 yr And Monaca, Pa., near the confluence of the Beaver River and Ohio River, is pronounced Moe-nah-ka. And Greenwich, Oh. is pronounced green-witch instead of gren-itch. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
February 6, 200916 yr My personal favorite is Bellefontaine near Columbus... pronounced Bell-fountain. I believe Mantua pronounced correctly would be MAN-choo-uh.
February 6, 200916 yr My personal personal favorite is Russia, Ohio. Pronounced? "Roo-shee" "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
February 6, 200916 yr Chagrin Falls looks nice and lively. It is also the home to Bill Watterson of Calvin & Hobbes. I had Bill Watterson's old history book in like 6th grade. Loaded with Calvin & Hobbesesque doodles. If I would've had half a brain at that age I would have "lost" that book. :lol:
February 6, 200916 yr there's BEAR-lin ohio too. not to mention toe-LEE-doh instead of toh-LAY-doh and LIE-ma instead of LEE-ma for NE ohio. an exception is that lorain gets the pronunciation correct & bonus points for editing down that stupid euro-habit of wasting letters. :wink:
February 7, 200916 yr haha I love these pronunciation things.....and have a few more to add to the list In Erie County, Milan is pronounced "MY-lin" and Berlin Heights is spoken as "BURR-lun" Heights; and their combined school system is Berlin-Milan Local haha Also, Nevada in Crawford County is pronounced "Ne-VAY-duh"
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