You Say Koo-tun-ee, I Say Koo-tun-ay … Let’s Get Along
SRegional Editor Scott Maben, an Oregon transplant: Kootenai is pronounced KOO-tun-ee or KOO-tun-ay (as in hay), according to the Idaho Press Club pronounciation guide. But I've often heard it pronounced KOOT-NEE -- two syllables. Is the latter just my lazy ear, or has the pronounciation been streamlined over time?
Question: Can anyone in Huck Nation help Scott out?