Sure, but etymology (especially in another language) has almost nothing to do with 'correct' pronunciation in English.

For 'salmon', either option is correct, too. The 'L-less' version is much more popular, because the word had no L in Middle English. The L (the letter, not the sound) was reinserted when Latin-knowing scholars decided that they should 'correct' the spelling. This happened to a great many words, in fact, and has led to many words with 'silent letters' (debt, for example), and to some modern pronunciations that are historically 'incorrect' (because people are pronouncing silent letters reinserted from the 'original' Latin).

Those are whole lot fun to listen to, Masters is an awesome reader.
But it was pretty big suprise for me yesterday when i read the Dresden files tropes.com page and went "oh so thats how its written" many of the names especially where a "little" different from how i had envisioned them spaced on pronouncement

I was born in Oregon but moved to Arizona when I was young. Everyone down here would pronounce it Oreeegon or Oragone. Annoys the hell out of me. Also, Astoria being pronounced ASStoria or any pronunciation of Willamette.

How is Puyallup pronounced? PU yall up or Pee yall up? I've heard it both ways.

And that's why U of O puts out bumper stickers with Orygun on them.

Anywho, Puyallup is generally pronounced with the u silent. I've heard a few variations, but it's generally "P' yall up" just quickly so the three syllables blend into eachother. Some people put a bit more emphasis on the Puh sound, trying to get the u in there, but from what I've heard you're supposed to have as little u as possible, making it a quick gutteral stop between the P and Y instead of an actual vowel.

I enjoy pronouncing words in Nahuatl. My favorite ones are two Aztec gods named Xipe Totec and Chalchiuhtlicue. Though Huitzilopochtli is a close runner up.

My Dad also taught me how to pronounce Missouri, Louisana, New Orleans, and San Antonio. He moved around alot.

I like Tezcatlipoca!

As do I. Blood thirsty little so and so.

Titsogtfogo?

Tits-to-go?

Ya know, seriously, just nuke the place already! Stupid goddamn phonics!

I thought obviously so...

Its the only way to be safe

only if you do it from orbit to be sure...

I'm from the Seattle area, and I've always pronounced it pyou-all-up (all like Al from Home Improvement), as do my wife and family and just about everyone else I know.

I still remember the first time I had to spell Coeur d' Alene.

Whoa, I'm just *this minute* reading a paper about Coeur d'Alene Salish phonetics. Trippy coincidence.
Or maybe just the Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon. :/

Wow, just noticed how little I pay attention to how things are spelled and how my group doesn't seem to want to correct me.

Tear TEH Rain
Pully up
Snowish

Tell me I'm getting Red mond and ever it right at least.

Red mond is correct

Pully up is pronounce pew al up. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NIo-4PPlGg
Snowish is pronounced Snow home ish http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHubMiDLpEU

youtube is your friend

RED-mund
EVER-it
snow-HOME-ish
snow-KWAHL-uh-mee
ISS-uh-kwah
pyou-AL-up (like Al from Home Improvement)
BELL-view
KIRK-lund
AWE-burn

Anything else?

Herb =P