Correct Pronunciation

[GoSlo]

As we all travel around, we either pass through or wind up in a town that we're not "native" to and quickly get corrected on the right way to pronounce the (city, town, etc.) name. Here's three examples that we've run into, but I'm sure there's more that I'm still pronouncing wrong or haven't run across them yet.

Hurricane, UT...Her - a -kin.

Beatrice, NE ... Bee - a - triss

Boise, OK ... Boyce

Any others out there?

 

[Blondie Gal]

Whole bunches in Texas: Mexia ( mah-hee-a), and Bexar County ( bear), are just a couple that immediately come to mind.

 

[Trent]

Is there a Boise OK?...If not, you are spelling ID kinda wrong!..Ha ha! And the ID pronounciation would be Boy-See..

 

[GoSlo]

Nope, it's in OK. Pronounced it like the "other" one and they jumped all over us. In the panhandle of Oklahoma.

 

[rhino 2]

There's is a method in their madness, The locals purposely mispronounce their towns name so they can tell who the tourist are, And adjust their prices accordingly.

 

[Trent]

Nope, it's in OK. Pronounced it like the "other" one and they jumped all over us. In the panhandle of Oklahoma.

Huh!!...Two Boy-See's !! Who 'da thunk it!!

 

[John Luciano]

How about Oregon ... Organ.
New Orleans ... Nor LANs

 

[oahe]

There's Pierre, SD (Peer) and two of the local areas are Chantier (Shanty) Creek and LaFramboise (La-Fram-Bosy) Island. Those German immigrants just couldn't speak French!

 

[americanbadass]

There is a small town 30 miles west of Salt Lake City, Tooele (pronouced two-

ela). That place gets called many things, toolie, tahoola, tooelella. Dam unedumucated people!:gahoof

 

[Trent]

There is a small town 30 miles west of Salt Lake City, Tooele (pronouced two-

ela). That place gets called many things, toolie, tahoola, tooelella. Dam unedumucated people!:gahoof

Ha ha!!! here is another way to spell it out...Two-willa..

I remember when the army killed a whole buncha sheep out there while testing nerve gas back in the late 60's. They said no humans died...but who knows.

 

[americanbadass]

Ha ha!!! here is another way to spell it out...Two-willa..

I remember when the army killed a whole buncha sheep out there while testing nerve gas back in the late 60's. They said no humans died...but who knows.

Trent...trust me there are plenty of beautiful sheeps out there!pepperpepperpepperpoof

 

[rmrc51]

Being that I'm originally from Long Island, NY, the correct way to say "Long Island" is "Long Guy Lend".

Bozo, do you agree? lol :laugh:

 

[bayoudave]

Ok, you must come to Louisiana if you want to have a problem with town names.
Chopin = Show pan
Cloutierville = Clue che ville
Thibodaux = Tib a doe

Parishes - not county as in all other states
Ouachita = Wash a taw
Tensas = Ten saw

Family names are even worse.
Like
Hebert = A bear
Sanson = Saw saw

French Cajun influence is tough, especially when you have a cajun speaking it.

 

[Rosy]

OK, some from New England:
Dover------Dovah
Chowder---Chowdah
Horse------Hoss
Yes-------Ayup

Regards,

Rosy & Janice
From NH

 

[GARYD]

Finally a great educating thread that we can all learn from.

Des Moines, Ia = De Moin
Des Plaines, Il = Des Plaines - pepperlurk:gah: - go figure.


Illinois = Illinoy

 

[Ozarkryder]

Around the 4 states, (AR, MO, KS. OK) 2 towns stand out on the pronunciation - Nevada, MO and Miami, OK. They say Nuh-vay'-duh and My-am'-ah for those towns around here.

 

[kam582]

I grew up about 60 miles from Beatrice Nebraska and have a brother that lives there. The correct pronunciation is Be at trice. At least that's how I've always heard it pronounced. I've heard non natives say Be a trise, like a woman's name, but that's wrong.

 

[GARYD]

I really like this thread. I think before I go on vacation, I'll check some of the cities I'll be going to just to make sure I get the names right - don't want to look like a rube.

 

[Ed Hobgood]

Watch out going through Missouri or should I say Missoura. I live here and one time I will say Missouri and then sometime I say Missoura, don't know why it just happens.:gah:

 

[BinIdaho]

Kuna, Idaho.....Q-nah (go figure)
Lake Pend Oreille, Idaho....Lake Pon-da-rayl

 

[Ozarkryder]

Our neighbors on both sides of us are native for a few generations to Anderson, MO. The family on one side of us says Missouri, and the family on the other side says Missoura. :Shrug: And, as Ed Hobgood noted, I know folks who use both.

 

[Ironhorsepilot]

Suffolk,Va.....I can't even spell how it is pronounced without sound vile.

Norfolk,Va = Natives pronounce it the same as Suffolk, or with a Nor in front.

Non natives will say Norfork.

But no one ever says Suffork.

 

[Nana]

We've got:

Xenia ...... Zee nya

Bellefontaine ..... Bell Fountain (the French would not recognize that!)

and Russia ...... Rue Shee (Rue Shee????? Really????? )

 

[Bill Reber]

Columbia SC street name Hugger Pronounced Hu Gee

 

[Ozarkryder]

I don't know how I forgot a town right out of Joplin, Duenweg.
Pronounced Dun' a weg.

 

[Tinbasher]

Lol you guys should live in the UK!

Lets have some suggestions for these.

Milngavie (Scotland)

Brough ( Cumbria)

Anstruther (Scotland)

Leicester ( Leicestershire)

Lesmahagow (Scotland)

 

[Skeet7373]

Those of you'ns in Lous-is-anna, how do you say Lafayette?
Here in Nashville, we have a street spelled Lafayette. But we say it as Lay-fay-it not Laff-e-ette as ya'll would say down there!!

 

[rhino 2]

Downtown Manhattan NYC, Houston St.
Pronounced, House - ten St

 

[Tinbasher]

Lol you guys should live in the UK!

Lets have some suggestions for these.

Milngavie (Scotland)

Brough ( Cumbria)

Anstruther (Scotland)

Leicester ( Leicestershire)

Lesmahagow (Scotland)

Milngavie = Mull-Guy

Brough = Bruff

Anstruther = Aine - Stur

Leicester = Lester

Lesmahagow = Less - Ma - Hay - Go

 

[ttanthony]

I once was seating in this place to eat with some friends in Louisville, KY. We were discussing the correct way to pronounce Louisville. Either Louie ville or Louis Ville or Lull Ville. So after a while of eating and arguing, I asked the waitress: could you please state very slowly where we are. She looked at us very strangely and said BUR GER KING.