Talk:Plaistow, New Hampshire

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Plaistow is pronounced plas-toe — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.6.99.248 (talk) 20:03, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

plaistow is not pronounced that way

your all dumb wow —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.128.30.253 (talk) 14:22, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

I've lived in plaistow for 3 years, I've never heard it pronounced plas-toe. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.237.132.31 (talk) 17:37, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Actually, it is

I moved to Plaistow in 1965 (days after my birth), and was brought up to call it plas-toe. My dad, who was born in Plaistow in 1935, and my grandfather, who was born in Plaistow in 1918, always used this pronunciation. With the building boom that has occurred in Plaistow in the last few decades, many new faces have arrived in town, and the pronunciation plas-tow (where tow rhymes with now) has grown. But if you ask anyone that has been in town for a long time, it's plas-toe.Mprowe25 (talk) 20:09, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

Pronunciation Guide

I've removed the pronunciation guide, at least until there's consensus. For the record, I've lived in Kingston for a decade, and I've literally never heard the town's name pronounced to rhyme with "no". I've always heard it pronounced to rhyme with "now". I can't find any website that offers an etymology of the town's name, but I'd have to guess that it's a corruption of "Plains Town", which would also suggest a "rhymes-with-'now'" pronunciation. H3G3M0N (talk) 16:40, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

Based on the previous section, it's clear that Plaistow has been pronounced two ways. There's nothing wrong with noting that in the article. --Ken Gallager (talk) 18:56, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

I have no problem with including a pronunciation guide. My problem was with noting that the town's name currently has two pronunciations, which simply isn't true. To note that the town's name was pronounced differently in the past is a completely different, uncontroversial matter. H3G3M0N (talk) 22:00, 22 August 2009 (UTC)

There needs no concensus. I feel I am qualified to edit the pronunciation part of the article because I have all the facts. If you want the town's pronunciation you walk into the Town Offices, it's as simple as that. One question to the Town Clerk as to who is the Official Custodian of the Correct Pronunciation of the town's name and EVERYONE in the building as far as the eye can see points to Ruth Jenne. I have even placed in the article that she is not only a lifelong resident of the town but is the Executive Secretary to the Selectmen, and the Officer In Charge of the name. In any case relating to the town's pronunciation the buck truly stops at Ruth Jenne's desk. She is the absolute and final word. She is easily reached by researching online at http://www.plaistow.com/Pages/PlaistowNH_BOS/index?textPage=1 or by opening a local phone book to the Government Pages under Plaistow Town Of / Management / Selectmen's Office. Or drive to the building and walk in like I did. Ask her yourself. She has nothing but disdain for all the newcomers who have corrupted the town's pronunciation and refuses to depart from her position. She is the law. The town is pronounced PLAS-toe. It rhymes with Barstow. That will not change, and that is final. Kimmymarie24 (talk) 05:01, 13 December 2009 (UTC)kimmymarie24

Your information does not contradict the wording of the article. The town was once pronounced to rhyme with "toe"; it now is pronounced by many (probably most) people to rhyme with "Landau" (nice comparison). The heated tone of your comment indicates to me that you would agree that a lot of people pronounce it the new way. To say one way of pronunciation is "correct" would violate Wikipedia's Neutral point of view policy; it is not the place of this article to tell people which way to pronounce the town's name, but just to indicate that there is variation.--Ken Gallager (talk) 14:33, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

If you could come up with a printed source to support Ruth Jenne and yourself, I would be happy to make sure it is referenced in the article.--Ken Gallager (talk) 14:34, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

Calling the Plaistow Town Hall (603-382-5200) after-hours gives a voice recording that supports the name "plais-toe". For this article to be factual, the name of the town according to the town government should be reflected in the main article, and not with the words "in the past". Mprowe25 (talk) 00:13, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

The following link from the history section of the Plaistow town website, http://www.nh.gov/nhes/elmi/htmlprofiles/pdfs/plaistow.pdf, speculates that the name could have come from the English word "plaistowe", which would support the pronunciation "plais-toe". Mprowe25 (talk) 02:29, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the input. I've put the "plais-toe" pronunciation first and have called it "traditional" rather than "in the past". --Ken Gallager (talk) 14:56, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

When was Plaistow settled and by whom?

It is useful when doing genealogy to know when and how a place was settled. For instance, if it was settled before 1680, it would have been in the original county of Norfolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay. 2602:304:CDA6:51B0:5A0:A785:D713:FA34 (talk) 05:01, 9 May 2016 (UTC)