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RE: (erielack) DL&W Place names

- -----Original Message-----
>From: "Paul R. Tupaczewski" <paultup_@_optonline.net>
>Sent: Jan 25, 2006 11:11 PM
>To: 'Hoboken' <hoboken_@_ezrs.com>, erielack@lists.elhts.org
>Subject: RE: (erielack) DL&W Place names
>
>Ken Bush asked:
>
>> Wasn't there a Singac station on the Greenwood Lake Branch 
>> for awhile?  
>> I lived in NJ for 20+ years, including a short stint in 
>> Little Falls/Great Notch area, and never knew how to pronounce it.
>
>Singac station was basically a small flagstop with a tiny wooden shelter. It
>was located about a block away from today's Route 23 in Little Falls (Singac
>is a section of Little Falls).
>
>And the town is pronounced how it appears: SIN-gack
>
>	- Paul
>

In my 60+ years living in the area, I always new it to be pronounced as "SING - ack", the "G" being pronounced on the first syllable.

Joe K.



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