I know New Orleans as New Or'-lee-ins but sometimes I hear it called New Or-leens' [or Naw'-lens].
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The rusty wire that holds the cork that keeps the anger in Gives way and suddenly it’s day again The sun is in the east Even though the day is done Two suns in the sunset, hmph Could be the human race is run
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#4413365 - 03/28/1809:06 PMRe: City names with totally different pronounciations
[Re: Moved_on]
I grew up in East Sussex and moved just across the border to Kent later and both sides of the border pronounce H with definate and hard A as in "Aytch". Occasionally you hear people prefix it with a very soft "h" that becomes "h-Aytch", but most people around here consider that incorrect. I worked in an office in London until recently and sat next to a Kiwi that always pronounced it as "h-aytch". You would hear a chorus of Brits, (good naturedly), trying to re-educate him.
I work with a guy from NZ with a really strong accent. So much fun
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#4413375 - 03/28/1810:42 PMRe: City names with totally different pronounciations
[Re: PanzerMeyer]
There was a Canadian beer (Molson) on an American military base?
There was only 16 squadrons of RAF fighters that used 100 octane during the BoB. The Fw190A could not fly with the outer cannon removed. There was no Fw190A-8s flying with the JGs in 1945.
#4413387 - 03/29/1812:22 AMRe: City names with totally different pronounciations
[Re: NH2112]
LaFayette has been mentioned already, but there’s a little town where I live named that and the natives get really bent out of shape when someone pronounces it correctly, a la Marquis de Lafayette. To them, it’s “Luh Fett.” So if you’re ever in North Georgia and find yourself there, you’ll be in the know .
"I have only two men out of my company and 20 out of some other company. We need support, but it is almost suicide to try to get it here as we are swept by machine gun fire and a constant barrage is on us. I have no one on my left and only a few on my right. I will hold." 1stLt. Clifton B. Cates, USMC in Belleau Wood, 19 July 1918
#4413414 - 03/29/1805:08 AMRe: City names with totally different pronounciations
[Re: Dart]
I know New Orleans as New Or'-lee-ins but sometimes I hear it called New Or-leens' [or Naw'-lens].
The latter is correct, as that is how the people from and around there pronounce it.
True dat.
Here's a fourth way it's pronounced...
Wife came home and I asked her, "Where did we see our last air show?" (I didn't want her suspicious as to what I was listening for.)
In her slight Cajun accent she responded, "New Or'-lens."
The rusty wire that holds the cork that keeps the anger in Gives way and suddenly it’s day again The sun is in the east Even though the day is done Two suns in the sunset, hmph Could be the human race is run
#4413418 - 03/29/1806:16 AMRe: City names with totally different pronounciations
[Re: PanzerMeyer]
I think you are assigning too much credibility into something that is more a matter of regional accents combined with a poor command of American English. I can find huge numbers of people that pronounce 'ask' as 'ax' but that doesn't make it correct in any way, shape or form.
There was a Canadian beer (Molson) on an American military base?
There sure was, there was a case of 24 of each of the beers which I packed into two ice chests for the 117 mile trip to Inverness at the Ness Monster's football pitch to meet the team from Fort william who were driving up. We did share the beers with the team from Ft William and went for a meal with them too, The quarterback of the Ness Monsters (an American) owned a hotel in Inverness and the Ness Monsters had laid on the catering.
Chlanna nan con thigibh a so's gheibh sibh feoil Sons of the hound come here and get flesh Clan Cameron
In this case a mis-spelling will result in a mis-pronunciation.
Gareth
UNDERSTEER - is when you hit the wall with the front wing. OVERSTEER - is when you hit the wall with the back wing. HORSEPOWER - is how fast you hit the wall. TORQUE - is how far you can take the wall with you.
My favorite is the country Haiti which is apparently pronounced "S**thole."
The issue is not p*ssy. The issue is monkey.
#4413517 - 03/29/1804:34 PMRe: City names with totally different pronounciations
[Re: PanzerMeyer]
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We have a Louiseville, pronounced Lewis*ville, not Louie*ville like in KY. Also Bogue Chitto, "Bogga Chitta". Most don't know what one when they see it on a sign. Mostly we just have weird names like Whynot, Possumneck, Ethel, Walnut Grove, Sanatorium (note the O not and A), Hot Coffee...