Talk:Tempe, Arizona

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[edit] Pronunciation

I don't know that the locals call it temPE any more often then TEMpe. I vote for simply listing the two major pronunciations and omitting the words about locals vs. outsiders. Anyone? Nick 21:52, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

Having been a resident of Tempe for 20 some years I never heard anyone mispronounce or refer to Tempe by any other name. I vote to strike that sentence. --67.3.219.78 07:08, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

Umm, I donlt think we should remove the pronunciation altogether, and I'm pretty sure when I visted about a year ago, I was told to say temPEE by at least two different people who live there. Nelson Ricardo 10:30, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

I live in Tempe, we pronounce it "temPEE". I've only rarely heard it pronounced differently, and only by tourists or people on out-of-state television shows.Brian8710 07:55, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

I live in Tempe also, as do many of my friends. Most of us pronounce it TEM-pe. Plus, a quick check of some dictionaries indicates the pronunciation as TEM-pe (both for the city itself and the Greek valley for which it is named). I'm not saying one is right and the other is wrong, but both pronunciations are used. -Nick^talk 19:15, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sister Cities

Tempe only has 7 Sister Cities at the moment, but is looking to add more. Tempe would not have a sister city in America, as the point of the Sister City program is to connect people to other countries. So Minnesota is not a possibility for a Sister City for Tempe.Azarano 01:19, 5 April 2006 (UTC)Azarano, a tempe sister cities delegate

I took out the reference to a sister city in Iraq. It is not listed at the official site (http://interactive.tempe.gov/sister/cities.htm) and the only contact between the two cities has something to do with wheelchairs. Nm132123 15:47, 10 April 2006 (UTC)nm132123

No, the city in Iraq that is affiliated with Tempe Sister Cities isn't an exchange destination. Currently, the Tempe Sister Cities program is fundraising money for a flight there to deliver wheelchairs to needy people. Also, there is a possibility for an exchange destination in Sicily, in Italy, and also one in Thailand. Azarano 00:03, 12 April 2006 (UTC)