It’s just fun to say. I like to say it and put the emphasis on different syllables until it starts to sound Chinese. It’s also a word I could easily imagine in a child’s rhyme game, it may actually be in one. It’s a word that I never have occasion to say in a functional manner, which makes it even better, purely a fun word. I hope I never meet anyone from Schenectady, because if I ever have to use the word in a real sentence, it may lose its luster.
Dawn Looney
Baton Rouge, LA
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I know where that place is. I lived there
wow, a friend of mine and i were reading bio of one our teachers and when we found out he was from Schenectady we couldn’t stop saying that word…
over and over and over again till it loses its meaning and becomes just a blur of sounds
i have no idea where the town is but it sounds like something out of the children of the corn
Baton Rouge is also a rather enjoyable city name. In case you hadn’t noticed. I conjecture that you have noticed. Just saying.
I live in Schenectady currently and it is hilarious to me when i call 411 and they go ” city and state please” ” Schenectady, New York ” ” ..what was that sir? ” ” Schenectady, new york ” ” umm….could you spell that for me? ” We once were an amazing city, full of life and known world wide for GE and Edison…too bad he moved to jersey ( eeewww…~shivers~ Jersey ~shivers~ ) and GE went to India….now we got pretty much nuffins unique, but heck i love it! =) Cheers and God Bless – Nicholas A. Paige
skin-neck-titty
What about living in the city of Schenctady and in the town of Niskayuna? Then you get twice the fun becasue when you go to college and people ask where you’re from, it doesn’t matter which one you say because you’ll get a blank stare and a “could you repeat that?” either way.
I grew up in Schenectady, New York and you can always tell someone is from there because we can spell S-C-H-E-N-E-C-T-A-D-Y lightning fast just like kids will do with M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I. Go ahead, ask. Frederick Meller
All I can say is, “Poughkeepsie.”
Baton Rouge – I’ve often thought it was fun to say… But when I visited there for work I thought about it – wouldn’t the name mean “bloody stick” or some such!? Anyone know the etymology of that one?
s-ka-hnéht-ati Mohawk(kanyen?kehà:ka?)compound word:
s— iterative prefix
ka— neuter subjective personal pronoun
hneht— evergreen,pine noun root (full noun— ohnéhta)
ati— be many,or be on other side,verb