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Re: how much say do you have in pronouncing your name or town?
Always found it interesting that Houston St. in NYC is pronounced "how-ston".
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Re: how much say do you have in pronouncing your name or town?
It's sad how many times I've heard Min-in-in-apolis (from telemarketers)
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Re: how much say do you have in pronouncing your name or town?
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Is there any state name that gets mispronounced as much as Oregon? [/ QUOTE ] I think you're right. But a lot of people say Nev-aah-da instead of Nevada. They say awe instead of ah. We are on the west coast, thus we don't use an east coast accent when pronouncing our state name. |
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Re: how much say do you have in pronouncing your name or town?
my *last* name is Michaud.
My first name is Darrel, though, so no, it ain't Jack :P My sister calls me Jack, though. |
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Re: how much say do you have in pronouncing your name or town?
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[ QUOTE ] Is there any state name that gets mispronounced as much as Oregon? [/ QUOTE ] I think you're right. But a lot of people say Nev-aah-da instead of Nevada. They say awe instead of ah. We are on the west coast, thus we don't use an east coast accent when pronouncing our state name. [/ QUOTE ] wait, what? ahh = awe? no |
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Re: how much say do you have in pronouncing your name or town?
Massachusetts has to be the worst offender.
Haverhill is HAY-vrill Chelmsford is CHUMS-ferd Concord is CON-kid not Concorde And, of course, Massholes invented the silent R. Andover is AN-do-va Worcester is WUSS-ta |
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Re: how much say do you have in pronouncing your name or town?
A town by me gets pronounced incorrectly all the time. Wanaque is almost always mispronounced WAH-NAK-YOO. The correct pronunciation is WAH-NAH-KEE (it's a native american name).
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