Seul Choix

I've haven't made it to all 116 Michigan lighthouses, but I have been to the subject light and it is one of my favorites. I would like to see it replicated in a LE piece.

I like Seul Choix (only choice) also. Don't you think the bird house would look good on the piece?

Suzanne Murphy

Now, Dan, tell the people how to pronounce the name of this light correctly. . . . . .

Waiting anxiously,

Dave

"say schwa" (short a) ??

not according to the docents

I've seen it and heard it as "shish-wah."

I've heard it referred to as "whachamacallit"

Bob

Seul Choix Website

You let Dan off the hook - I wanted to see if he knew how to pronounce the trick name.

One of the more interesting things we saw at Seul Choix was the copper trim around one of the doors. You wouldn't realize it was copper unless you were told to look closely at it.

Dave

I heard prounciation more along the lines of "Sis shwa" meaning Sole Choice from the French. Indeed a great candidate for an LE. Another Michigan Upper Peninsula "are we on the right gravel road honey?" lighthouse trips. On the grounds there is a well photographed bird house that is a replica of the light and quarters. I agree with Suzanne - an HL model w/ the bird house would be neat!

T

Tim wins the pronunciation contest. It is indeed pronounced "sis-shwa"

Suzanne

Hi David & All,

I just woke up. It is pronounced "Sis-Shwa" as a number of others have so indicated and took me off the hook. :p I was told that the light was haunted by the spirit world. Never saw any vestiges of a ghost ..... although did not look in the birdhouse.

Out here in The Northern Rhode Island, Southern Massachusetts area it's pronounced like sell but closer to sull schwa. You got the schwa right but the first part is a cross between the e and the u in sell and sull. Now if you can figure that one out from my spelling, your going to have it right. I don't believe I said that! Oh OH!

Bert

So why would the Native Americans want to speak French anyway, what with having fought against each other?

Sorry, Bert, but we are speaking Michigan French here, not Canadian French, eh. Sis Shwa is the way it is pronounced by the Yoopers. Take a look at the web site Paul linked to and it will confirm how they believe it to be correctly pronounced (and it is their lighthouse).

Now we could get into a side conversation on the various pronunciations of Presque Isle...

Dave

That would be 'Presk Eel' - at least on the east coast of northern lower Michigan. :-)

T