For the record Abilene is not spelled as pronounced. The last "e" is silent. Since it is not pronounced, the spelling would be Abileen, like queen. The double vowel giving you the sound your looking for.


I always find it amusing how difficult we Kansans make it for people to spell and pronounce our fair cities. When the plane left Salina (Sa-LINE-a), I heard numerous times on the news Sa-LEEN-a. In western Kansas there is a town named Leoti - I grew up knowing it as Leo-ta, but the news always reports it as Leo-tee.

As for not signing my name - I do it so as not to totally embarass my kid, but then, I don't have anything bad to say. :-)