Settle all pronunciation debates here

Karlifornia · 09-27-2008, 04:59 PM

People with knowledge are encouraged to answer: Is it

New OR-lee-uns

or

New Or-LEENS

orrr......NAW-lins

CUH-rib-be-un

or

Care-uh-BE-un

CARE-uh-mel

or

CAR-uh-mel (really, people just say CAR-mull)

GrantDawg · 09-27-2008, 05:03 PM

There is no way. You have to recognize there are some pronunciations are regional. Like where I live, everyone around here pronounces McDonough like Mc-Donna, unless you are on TV, then it is Mc-Dunna. My wife has a fit, because Taladega is pronounced Tala-deega in the area surrounding it. Who is right? The people that live there, or the rest of the world?

Karlifornia · 09-27-2008, 05:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GrantDawg

There is no way. You have to recognize there are some pronunciations are regional. Like where I live, everyone around here pronounces McDonough like Mc-Donna, unless you are on TV, then it is Mc-Dunna. My wife has a fit, because Taladega is pronounced Tala-deega in the area surrounding it. Who is right? The people that live there, or the rest of the world?

So, do you call him "Will Mc-Donna"?

Pardon my hippie speak, but that is truly far out!

Dutch · 09-27-2008, 05:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Karlifornia

People with knowledge are encouraged to answer: Is it

New OR-lee-uns

or

New Or-LEENS

In the spirit of local vs world -- Don't forget NAW-lins.

Karlifornia · 09-27-2008, 05:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dutch

Don't forget NAW-lins.

damn...let me edit that...good looking out, Dutch.

GrantDawg · 09-27-2008, 05:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Karlifornia

So, do you call him "Will Mc-Donna"?

Pardon my hippie speak, but that is truly far out!

Who? I'm talking about a town. It is not as if there are different ways of pronouncing the very same last name. For instance Bassham. Some poeple pronounce it Bas-sham. But I knew some people who got very pissed if you did that. They would say, "No. Bass-ham. Like the fish and the pig."

Karlifornia · 09-27-2008, 05:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GrantDawg

Who? I'm talking about a town. It is not as if there are different ways of pronouncing the very same last name. For instance Bassham. Some poeple pronounce it Bas-sham. But I knew some people who got very pissed if you did that. They would say, "No. Bass-ham. Like the fish and the pig."

We have a lot of that around here...but most of it is rooted in appropriating spanish town names...

Like..we have a town called Los Gatos (yes, that does mean "the cats"). Everyone pronounces it "Loss gatt-os", when it's really "lowss gaw-towss". But, nobody really cares besides me.

Schmidty · 09-27-2008, 05:32 PM

I've said it before, but it's HUGE, not YUUUGE!!!! I want to kill people when I hear that.

stevew · 09-27-2008, 05:51 PM

Die-ah-beet-US

Passacaglia · 09-27-2008, 05:52 PM

what about Oregon?

Karlifornia · 09-27-2008, 05:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stevew

Die-ah-beet-US

LOL...ok, Wilford

Racer · 09-27-2008, 06:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Karlifornia

People with knowledge are encouraged to answer: Is it

New OR-lee-uns

or

New Or-LEENS

orrr......NAW-lins

I thought it was pronounced New OR-LINS.

Pumpy Tudors · 09-27-2008, 07:05 PM

I say "New OR-lee-uns" and most people laugh at me for it. People in New Orleans laughed at me, and now people in Pittsburgh laugh at me.

Most people say "New OR-lins" like Racer does. I've never met a single person from New Orleans who said "New Or-LEENS" or "NAW-lins". Not one. I can imagine people from outside Louisiana saying "New Or-LEENS" and people from rural Louisiana saying "NAW-lins" but I've never known any native New Orleanians who said it those ways.

Lorena · 09-27-2008, 08:19 PM

I know one thing, aunt is pronounced ant, not awnt.

MJ4H · 09-27-2008, 08:19 PM

You should learn some new things.

Dutch · 09-27-2008, 08:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pumpy Tudors

I say "New OR-lee-uns" and most people laugh at me for it. People in New Orleans laughed at me, and now people in Pittsburgh laugh at me.

Most people say "New OR-lins" like Racer does. I've never met a single person from New Orleans who said "New Or-LEENS" or "NAW-lins". Not one. I can imagine people from outside Louisiana saying "New Or-LEENS" and people from rural Louisiana saying "NAW-lins" but I've never known any native New Orleanians who said it those ways.

Good point, NAW-lins has got to be more of a local-Louisiana thing. Something I heard while living in Shreveport and I will assume is a country-Louisiana thing, not a city-New Orleans thing.

ColtCrazy · 09-27-2008, 09:53 PM

The biggest one around here is LOU-A-VUL for Louisville. I can't think of anyone around here that calls it LOU-E-VILLE.

Karlifornia · 09-28-2008, 06:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MJ4H

You should learn some new things.

Are you talking to me?

Oilers9911 · 09-28-2008, 07:44 AM

SHED-ule
or
SKED-ule?

Sgran · 09-28-2008, 08:04 AM

Dit-ka

or

Hurricane Dit-ka

Crim · 09-28-2008, 09:06 AM

ox-ee-MOR-on, or
ox-I-mur-un

In Georgia the town is called Vie-DAYL-ya, but as far as I know the onions they produce are pronounced everywhere else, Vi-DAYL-ya.

pi-CAN,
PEE-kin,
pi-KAHN?
I actually pronouns pecan differently at different times, and it never sounds "right" to me, no matter which way I say it. I hate Pecan Pie for this very reason.

bignej · 09-28-2008, 09:13 AM

Heres on that comes to mind:

cray-on
or
cran

MJ4H · 09-28-2008, 10:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Karlifornia

Are you talking to me?

Lorena. She said she knew one thing. That number seems low.

Dutch · 09-28-2008, 10:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sgran

Dit-ka

or

Hurricane Dit-ka

You win.

Lorena · 09-28-2008, 11:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MJ4H

Lorena. She said she knew one thing. That number seems low.

Har, har har

Abe Sargent · 09-28-2008, 12:14 PM

There's also Ap-uh-LATCH-uh or Ap-uh-LAY-shuh

Abe Sargent · 09-28-2008, 12:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ColtCrazy

The biggest one around here is LOU-A-VUL for Louisville. I can't think of anyone around here that calls it LOU-E-VILLE.

Yeah, but that's just Kentucky. Other examples include Rowan County, pronounced ROW-un (rhymes with Trow, the garden implement) not RO-un. Another is Hurricane, called Hur-UH-cun, not Hur-uh-CANE.

Lorena · 09-28-2008, 12:27 PM

For Guadalupe, some Austinites pronounce it "gua-da-loop", but I've always pronounced it "gua-da-lu-peh".

RendeR · 09-28-2008, 01:04 PM

New Or-LEENS

Care-uh-BE-un

CARE-uh-mel

There, settled.

DeToxRox · 09-28-2008, 01:08 PM

MILK not MELK

Abe Sargent · 09-28-2008, 02:45 PM

Envelope and Syrup are another two I can think of off the top of my head, that are not regional in nature. Some things are just accents, like calling fire, FAR, as an example.

Karlifornia · 09-28-2008, 03:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RendeR

New Or-LEENS

Care-uh-BE-un

CARE-uh-mel

There, settled.

Leave it to the Canadian to come in here and lay down the law.

Pumpy Tudors · 09-28-2008, 05:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RendeR

New Or-LEENS
[...]
There, settled.

No.

molson · 09-28-2008, 05:10 PM

Taliban.

Obama bugged me at the last debate with "Tal-E-Ban". Is he right? Everyone else says "Tal-a-ban", or "Tal-i-ban".

sterlingice · 09-28-2008, 05:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by molson

Taliban.

Obama bugged me at the last debate with "Tal-E-Ban". Is he right? Everyone else says "Tal-a-ban", or "Tal-i-ban".

McCain said it, too. I was wondering the same exact thing- both of them pronounced it "Tal-E-Ban".

SI

Karlifornia · 09-28-2008, 05:15 PM

Hey, mister Taliban, tally me jihadas

RendeR · 09-28-2008, 05:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Karlifornia

Leave it to the Canadian to come in here and lay down the law.

Leave it to a californian to not know a damn thing about geography

Much to many's dismay, Buffalo is NOT north of the border.

Karlifornia · 09-28-2008, 05:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RendeR

Leave it to a californian to not know a damn thing about geography

Much to many's dismay, Buffalo is NOT north of the border.

...but your....but your football team is gonna play in Canada! Will those games have only 3 downs?

Crim · 09-28-2008, 05:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RendeR

New Or-LEENS

I agree.

Quote:

Care-uh-BE-un

I agree.

Quote:

CARE-uh-mel

I agree.

Quote:

There, settled.

I do not agree.

Mizzou B-ball fan · 09-28-2008, 06:28 PM

Any Missouri resident knows it's

Mi-zur-rah

not

Mi-zur-re

RendeR · 09-28-2008, 06:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Karlifornia

...but your....but your football team is gonna play in Canada! Will those games have only 3 downs?

MY football team loses its games in Cincinnati, thats Ohio, just so you know. What the Bills do on their time and their dime is their business. =)

sterlingice · 09-28-2008, 08:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mizzou B-ball fan

Any Missouri resident knows it's

Mi-zur-rah

not

Mi-zur-re

And, as Abe Simpson said: "I'll be deep in the cold, cold ground before I recognize Missourah!"

SI

stevew · 09-28-2008, 09:45 PM

Pe-Cown
Pe-Can?

stevew · 09-28-2008, 09:47 PM

Nor-FOLK
Nor-FUCK

MJ4H · 09-28-2008, 09:49 PM

Erik Flamebeard of the NEEETHER Here nor There
Erik Flamebeard of the NIIIITHER Here nor There

Glengoyne · 09-28-2008, 10:20 PM

This for our President and anyone else who really should know better.
New-Clee-aR

Pee-Con or Pi-Con as opposed to
Pee-CAN

I won't offer a correction but I'm placing a vote against
Ap-uh-LATCH-uh

MJ4H · 09-28-2008, 10:48 PM

These guys would disagree

lighthousekeeper · 09-29-2008, 12:14 AM

vex · 09-29-2008, 12:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stevew

Pe-Cown
Pe-Can?

Puh-Cawn

vex · 09-29-2008, 01:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Karlifornia

CUH-rib-be-un

or

Care-uh-BE-un

Growing up I always went with CUH-rib-be-un, but since POTC came out, I've started calling it Care-uh-BE-un.

09-27-2008, 05:32 PM	#8
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09-27-2008, 07:05 PM	#13
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09-27-2008, 05:03 PM	#2
GrantDawg World Champion Mis-speller Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Covington, Ga.	There is no way. You have to recognize there are some pronunciations are regional. Like where I live, everyone around here pronounces McDonough like Mc-Donna, unless you are on TV, then it is Mc-Dunna. My wife has a fit, because Taladega is pronounced Tala-deega in the area surrounding it. Who is right? The people that live there, or the rest of the world?

09-27-2008, 05:51 PM	#9
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	Die-ah-beet-US

09-27-2008, 05:52 PM	#10
Passacaglia Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Big Ten Country	what about Oregon?

09-27-2008, 08:19 PM	#14
Lorena Unregistered Join Date: May 2004	I know one thing, aunt is pronounced ant, not awnt.

09-27-2008, 09:53 PM	#17
ColtCrazy College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Midwest	The biggest one around here is LOU-A-VUL for Louisville. I can't think of anyone around here that calls it LOU-E-VILLE.

09-28-2008, 07:44 AM	#19
Oilers9911 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jan 2006	SHED-ule or SKED-ule?

09-28-2008, 12:14 PM	#26
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09-28-2008, 12:27 PM	#28
Lorena Unregistered Join Date: May 2004	For Guadalupe, some Austinites pronounce it "gua-da-loop", but I've always pronounced it "gua-da-lu-peh". Last edited by Lorena : 09-28-2008 at 12:32 PM.

09-28-2008, 01:04 PM	#29
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09-28-2008, 01:08 PM	#30
DeToxRox Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Michigan	MILK not MELK

09-28-2008, 02:45 PM	#31
Abe Sargent Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Catonsville, MD	Envelope and Syrup are another two I can think of off the top of my head, that are not regional in nature. Some things are just accents, like calling fire, FAR, as an example. __________________ Check out my two current weekly Magic columns! https://www.coolstuffinc.com/a/?action=search&page=1&author[]=Abe%20Sargent

09-28-2008, 05:10 PM	#34
molson General Manager Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: The Mountains	Taliban. Obama bugged me at the last debate with "Tal-E-Ban". Is he right? Everyone else says "Tal-a-ban", or "Tal-i-ban".

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09-28-2008, 06:28 PM	#40
Mizzou B-ball fan General Manager Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Kansas City, MO	Any Missouri resident knows it's Mi-zur-rah not Mi-zur-re

09-28-2008, 09:45 PM	#43
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	Pe-Cown Pe-Can?

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09-28-2008, 10:20 PM	#46
Glengoyne Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Fresno, CA	This for our President and anyone else who really should know better. New-Clee-aR Pee-Con or Pi-Con as opposed to Pee-CAN I won't offer a correction but I'm placing a vote against Ap-uh-LATCH-uh

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