Father Kit Cool Gun Garth Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smuteye John SASS#24774 Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 I live in the heart of what was once the Creek Confederacy. The site of the capitol of the Southern Creeks is all of 15 minutes drive from me as I type this post. LOTS and LOTS of place names- creeks, rivers, towns, golf courses, country clubs, roads- are either directly from or derived from their language. I don't know which is funnier. Listening to Yankees try to pronounicate them without dislocating their tongues or traveling out to the Creek Nation in OK and watching the expressions of the locals when I pronounce them correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bart Slade Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 Wait a minute friend! You ever been to Natchitoches? No Strange.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 When I am in Eastern Europe, I see the signs бургер Кинг. Having been hooked on phonics, I pronounce it to myself and say “crap, didn’t recognize it.” Similarly, McDonalds is very inconsistent and might use Roman or Cyrillic letters and one minute after seeing it I can’t tell you what language age was used for the sign. One complete surprise was KFC. ever time I saw their sign, it was KFC. Then one time I saw КФС. It did not mesh Kentucky Friie made sense but С in Russian is “s” and there was just no С for chicken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 I mostly grew up in Pennsylvania. Try the names of these rivers: Susquehanna Youghiogheny Monongahela When I moved to California I found a “Spanish” spin to names. I tore some of the names up something awful: Seluveda La Tijera La Jolla La Canada (no, not pronounced Canada) Nearly everywhere you go it seems there’s an odd pronunciation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayward Slim Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 Ha! That is great and thanks for sharing. I had to share this with my, she grew up in Natchitoches. I have heard lots of stories about all their Christmas light displays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Harley, #14153 Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 25 minutes ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: I mostly grew up in Pennsylvania. Try the names of these rivers: Susquehanna Youghiogheny Monongahela Sus -kwa-han- uh “The Yock” ”The Mon” I spent some time there too. But I’ve even heard locals debate how to pronounce the “Schuylkill River”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
punxsutawneypete Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 On 9/6/2019 at 11:54 AM, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: I mostly grew up in Pennsylvania. Try the names of these rivers: Susquehanna Youghiogheny Monongahela When I moved to California I found a “Spanish” spin to names. I tore some of the names up something awful: Seluveda La Tijera La Jolla La Canada (no, not pronounced Canada) Nearly everywhere you go it seems there’s an odd pronunciation. My family is from PA too. Try pronouncing my alias, or better yet, try spelling it without looking at my post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 18 minutes ago, punxsutawneypete said: My family is from PA too. Try pronouncing my alias, or better yet, try spelling it without looking at my post. Punks-a-tawny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tequila Shooter Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 How about Tchoupitoulas Street in New Orleans? Or the Tchoutacabouffa River in Mississippi? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.D. Daily Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 Except for ESL's I never here the Mexican city just across the border from San Isidro pronounced correctly. Usually it is Tia-Juana. There isn't an "a" after the "i"; therefore, it's Ti-juana. Non Californians are a lot better a correctly pronouncing Spanish origin place names. In GA in 1970 all the locals said Frisco for San Fran-sees-ko & Joe or Josie for San Hose-a or really grating Las Ang-less for Los Ann-hell-les Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 27 minutes ago, J.D. Daily said: really grating Las Ang-less for Los Ann-hell-les Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 1 hour ago, Alpo said: You could really screw F W W up by telling him/her the “J” is silent in Spanish. I have heard people call it Los Angle-eez, Lows An-hell-us and Lows Angel-es. And everyone pronouncing it in those ways was an idiot thinking they were saying right to impress a girl or girls. Oh, it’s properly pronounced Los An-gel-es. A college professor said so ...But there is a group of native “Angelinos” (actually they are immigrants) that want the original pronunciation...which is one of the three I mentioned above. Like I said...idiots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 Try these Ohio gems: Cuyahoga, Tuscarawus, Painesviile, Willoughby, Wapakoneta, Auglaize Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smuteye John SASS#24774 Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 On 9/6/2019 at 11:54 AM, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: I mostly grew up in Pennsylvania. Try the names of these rivers: Susquehanna Youghiogheny Monongahela When I moved to California I found a “Spanish” spin to names. I tore some of the names up something awful: Seluveda La Tijera La Jolla La Canada (no, not pronounced Canada) Nearly everywhere you go it seems there’s an odd pronunciation. Of you wanna have fun, find someone from Buena Vista, Ga and ask them where they are from. Around here it's Boona Vis-tuh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 How about when folks say Los Vegas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 7 hours ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: How about when folks say Los Vegas? Or Lost Wages! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 Stealing thisn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramblin Gambler Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 I went to college in natchitoches. Saying it is the easy part. I'm still not sure I spelled it right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 I know you didn't. As a proper name - name of a town - it would start with a CAPITAL LETTER. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie MacNeil, SASS #48580 Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 On 9/7/2019 at 7:00 PM, Smuteye John SASS#24774 said: Of you wanna have fun, find someone from Buena Vista, Ga and ask them where they are from. Around here it's Boona Vis-tuh. There's a Buena Vista in Virginia that's pronounced Byoona Vis-tuh... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
punxsutawneypete Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 On 9/7/2019 at 8:23 PM, Rye Miles #13621 said: Try these Ohio gems: Cuyahoga, Tuscarawus, Painesviile, Willoughby, Wapakoneta, Auglaize I lived in Painesville, which is in the same county as Willoughby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 26 minutes ago, punxsutawneypete said: I lived in Painesville, which is in the same county as Willoughby. Yes Lake County. I'm in Cuyahoga County right next door. My family is from Scranton, Pa, so I'm familiar with the Lackawanna and Susquehanna and Monongahela. Never heard of the Youghogheny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warden Callaway Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 We have a couple of towns with French names from the earliest settlements. Auxvause is a tough one for non-locals to pronounce the way we do. Ah-vause. I don't know if that's the way the French would pronounce it. But that's the way we do. Another is often corrupted is Cote Sans Dessein. A very early (around 1800) French village set up to be a trapping outpost and trade with Osage Indians. Lots of history at that site. An early explorer described it as the next New York. The first meeting to organize the state were held at that village. Was selected to be the capital site but title to the property couldn't be secured because ownership went back to Spanish land grants. It was a thriving community in the western expansion period bring located on the Missouri River but was past up after the railroad and highway were built. It had a post office until 1928. I can remember an old country store and several other homes and buildings when I was a kid. Last time I drove past there their was one farm house. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cote_Sans_Dessein,_Missouri Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorelei Longshot, SASS #44256 Life Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 Only in Texas Mexia = Ma hay ah not mex e ah Marquez = Mar kay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pulp, SASS#28319 Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 Honobia, OK. If you haven’t been there, or at least in the area, you’ll never say it it correctly. Ho-nubby. Strangers have trouble with Talihina, Tahlequah, and Gotebo. And then there is Bogata, TX. Buh-GO-yuh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MizPete Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 Try Bowfort, SC v Byoofort, NC. Or is it the other way round? Both spelled Beaufort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 On 9/7/2019 at 7:01 PM, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: You could really screw F W W up by telling him/her the “J” is silent in Spanish That probably would come as a shock to Jose Jimenez. And I can't find no J in Los Angeles. I don't even see one in the full name - El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río Porciúnculan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Plasters, SASS#60943 Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 On 9/9/2019 at 4:00 PM, Charlie MacNeil, SASS #48580 said: There's a Buena Vista in Virginia that's pronounced Byoona Vis-tuh... One like that in central Colorado too. Locals get pissed when someone pronounces it with a spanish inflection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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