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The similar size cities of Bastrop LA & Bastrop TX are some 460 highway miles apart, both were named after the late “French” explorer & Impresario, Count “Henri” de Bastrop.
Seems he wasn’t really either a Baron nor French, but an escaped Dutch embezzler, who used many aliases.
In the present, the pronunciation of “Bastrop” is an item of great argument between citizens of both cities; with both sides mangling the word.
see: https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/bastrop-baron-de
Since the name was surely fictitious & supposedly “French”, the actual pronunciation should sound something like “Bez trO”, not like either modern iteration.
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leVieux
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The similar size cities of Bastrop LA & Bastrop TX are some 460 highway miles apart, both were named after the late “French” explorer & Impresario, Count “Henri” de Bastrop.
Seems he wasn’t really either a Baron nor French, but an escaped Dutch embezzler, who used many aliases.
In the present, the pronunciation of “Bastrop” is an item of great argument between citizens of both cities; with both sides mangling the word.
see: https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/bastrop-baron-de
Since the name was surely fictitious & supposedly “French”, the actual pronunciation should sound something like “Bez trO”, not like either modern iteration.
Didju know this ?
leVieux
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