Today in the New York Times: an article and slideshow on the athenaeums – private libraries – of New England, complete with pronunciation guide for the local dialect:
“(A note to those who visit: While athenaeum is commonly pronounced ath-eh-NEE-um, in New England ath-eh-NAY-um is acceptable.)”
Last semester I had occasion to visit the Salem Athenaeum during the course of writing a paper. I’d like to visit the others as well – I think such visits would make an excellent series of day trips.
N.B. – link from Cronoca
Wow! Thanks for the link. Those pictures are wonderful, and those libraries! Again, Wow!
What a grat article—and yes–Boston Tea party could be cool. The NH photography would be cool as well.
Making notes.
Thanks for sharing!