Settle all pronunciation debates here

[Karlifornia]

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]

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]

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]

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]

Don't forget NAW-lins.

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

[GrantDawg]

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]

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]

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

[stevew]

Die-ah-beet-US

[Passacaglia]

what about Oregon?

[Karlifornia]

Die-ah-beet-US

LOL...ok, Wilford

[Racer]

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]

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]

I know one thing, aunt is pronounced ant, not awnt (http://www.operationsports.com/fofc/showthread.php?t=62893).

[MJ4H]

You should learn some new things.

[Dutch]

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]

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]

You should learn some new things.

Are you talking to me?

[Oilers9911]

SHED-ule
or
SKED-ule?

[Sgran]

Dit-ka

or

Hurricane Dit-ka

[Crim]

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]

Heres on that comes to mind:

cray-on
or
cran

[MJ4H]

Are you talking to me?

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

[Dutch]

Dit-ka

or

Hurricane Dit-ka

You win.

[Lorena]

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

Har, har har

[Abe Sargent]

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

[Abe Sargent]

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]

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

[RendeR]

New Or-LEENS

Care-uh-BE-un


CARE-uh-mel






There, settled.

[DeToxRox]

MILK not MELK

[Abe Sargent]

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]

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]

New Or-LEENS
[...]
There, settled.
No.

[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".

[sterlingice]

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]

Hey, mister Taliban, tally me jihadas

[RendeR]

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]

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]

New Or-LEENS
I agree.

Care-uh-BE-un
I agree.

CARE-uh-mel
I agree.





There, settled.
I do not agree.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Any Missouri resident knows it's

Mi-zur-rah

not

Mi-zur-re

[RendeR]

...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]

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]

Pe-Cown
Pe-Can?

[stevew]

Nor-FOLK
Nor-FUCK

[MJ4H]

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

[Glengoyne]

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]

These guys would disagree

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[lighthousekeeper]

hot

[vex]

Pe-Cown
Pe-Can?

Puh-Cawn

[vex]

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.

[Coder]

As far as Pecan, are we talking about the "nut"? 'cause I've driven through the Pecan-capital of the world I tell you.. Sylvester, GA along I 75.. and they say "Pee-Can".. and if anyone should know it'd be them, right?

Another favorite for me was Albany, GA.. All-BA-ny.

[Tigercat]

I thought it was pronounced New OR-LINS.

Most locals that don't have accents (which is most from the area these days) pronounce it like this.

[GrantDawg]

As far as Pecan, are we talking about the "nut"? 'cause I've driven through the Pecan-capital of the world I tell you.. Sylvester, GA along I 75.. and they say "Pee-Can".. and if anyone should know it'd be them, right?

Another favorite for me was Albany, GA.. All-BA-ny.


There is two towns somewhere (Mississippi? Alabama?) that are named East and West Albany. One side pronounces it All-BA-ny, and the other pronounce it All-beenee. Maybe that is why towns seperated? :D

[korme]

I find myself mixing it up with words like envelope, either, neither, etc.

I've heard people call Cinci Cin-cinn-at-uh, and not Cin-Cinn-at-e, as it should be.

Also, my dad says days differently. Monday is Mon-dee, Tuesday is Tues-dee, etc.

[Mustang]

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

I still say Cuh-rib-be-un unless talking about the movie and then I use Care-uh-BE-un.

[Neon_Chaos]

Antithesis:

an-ti-thu-sis

or

an-TI-THEE-sis

[dawgfan]

You can always spot a transplant in the Pacific NW when they say:

"ore-ee-gone"

Locals pronounce it closer to:

"ORE-eh-gun"

I believe that both "CARE-uh-BEE-un" and "cuh-RIB-ee-un" are considered acceptable pronunciations by dictionaries.

I've never heard anyone say pecan any other way but "pee-CAHN"

One thing that's always confused me is why some people say "WARSH-ing-ton" - where'd the "R" come from? Strangely, one of my uncles said it that way and he was a lifelong Washington resident.

[Mustang]

My ex used to give some weird pronunciations

Antenna was AN - TAN - NA, instead of En - Ten - Na

Ornery was ON- REE, instead of OR - NER - RE

and I love you was Fuck You.

[MJ4H]

Those are weird?

[Dr. Sak]

Do you swim in a Creek or a Crick?

[MJ4H]

no

[Pumpy Tudors]

My wife prounces "pen" as "pin" and vice-versa. It confuses the shit out of me.

[MikeVic]

So when she asks about your penis, she says "pin-is"?

[Pumpy Tudors]

So when she asks about your penis, she says "pin-is"?
I'm not sure if she knows I even have one.

[Crim]

How does she pronounce "toothbrush"?

[RendeR]

How does she pronounce "toothbrush"?



Penis

[molson]

My cousins from Pennsylvania used to say "crans" instead of "crayons" and "wuter" instead of "water".

I used to think that was a Pennsylvania accent, but now I just think they're retarded.

[Karlifornia]

My cousins from Pennsylvania used to say "crans" instead of "crayons" and "wuter" instead of "water".

I used to think that was a Pennsylvania accent, but now I just think they're retarded.

water you talkin 'bout?

[finketr]

Any Missouri resident knows it's

Mi-zur-rah

not

Mi-zur-re

I always pronounced it misery.

:)

[Dr. Sak]

My cousins from Pennsylvania used to say "crans" instead of "crayons" and "wuter" instead of "water".

I used to think that was a Pennsylvania accent, but now I just think they're retarded.

Wuter is a Philly thing.

In Pittsburgh a lot of people say Wursh instead of Wash.

[MikeVic]

My cousins from Pennsylvania used to say "crans" instead of "crayons" and "wuter" instead of "water".

I used to think that was a Pennsylvania accent, but now I just think they're retarded.

This made me LOL.

[JeeberD]

My ex used to give some weird pronunciations

Antenna was AN - TAN - NA, instead of En - Ten - Na

Ornery was ON- REE, instead of OR - NER - RE

and I love you was Fuck You.

Or how about An-Ten-Na

and

On-Ner-Ee

[lordscarlet]

Or how about An-Ten-Na

and

On-Ner-Ee

OK, I don't know which one of you is pulling my leg. It is An-Ten-Na. :)

[Lorena]

coupons - q-pons or coo-pons
vehicle - vee-i-kl or vee-hi-kl

[Kevin]

In Pittsburgh a lot of people say Wursh instead of Wash.

Warsh and Chicargo are often used in the rural areas around here.(Could be an aversion to soap and the Blackhawks)

[TCY Junkie]

This guy that had sex with my mom says twiceth.

[Pumpy Tudors]

This guy that had sex with my mom says twiceth.
No, I don't believe I've ever said "twiceth."

[sterlingice]

I don't understand why everyone in Virginia wants to "axe" things. Am I in lumberjack country?

SI

[lordscarlet]

coupons - q-pons or coo-pons
vehicle - vee-i-kl or vee-hi-kl

coo-pons
vee-hi-kl

I don't understand why everyone in Virginia wants to "axe" things. Am I in lumberjack country?

SI

They don't? I have never said "axe" in my life. Its generally uneducated people that say "axe", in Virginia as well as the rest of the country (or at least the "south").

[sterlingice]

They don't? I have never said "axe" in my life. Its generally uneducated people that say "axe", in Virginia as well as the rest of the country (or at least the "south").

Educated, uneducated; all races, creeds, and religions- everyone here seems to "axe" things. I just don't get it.

SI

[TCY Junkie]

No, I don't believe I've ever said "twiceth."

Are you saying my mom is ugly and has only been with one guy.

[lordscarlet]

Educated, uneducated; all races, creeds, and religions- everyone here seems to "axe" things. I just don't get it.

SI

What part of Virginia?

[Pumpy Tudors]

Are you saying my mom is ugly and has only been with one guy.
Are you saying I can only get ugly chicks?

[sterlingice]

What part of Virginia?

Richmond

SI

[lordscarlet]

Richmond

SI

Oh, them. ;)

Yeah, dunno. I was born and raised in Northern Virginia and went to college in south eastern Virginia and that problem was not prevalent, IMO.

[TCY Junkie]

Are you saying I can only get ugly chicks?

Your missing the point. I thought you were more open minded. My mom is not a prude. Even if she is the ugliest girl in the world, she figured out blind people need loving too.

[Pumpy Tudors]

Your missing the point. I thought you were more open minded. My mom is not a prude. Even if she is the ugliest girl in the world, she figured out blind people need loving too.
Well, you'd think she'd call me back after I banged her twiceth.

[Pumpy Tudors]

Well, you'd think she'd call me back after I banged her twiceth.
Shit.

[Lorena]

Mac-Donalds or Mc-Donalds

pro-gram or pro-grm

[Lorena]

vase = vahz or veys?

[dawgfan]

vase = "VACE"; "VAHS" just sounds way too snooty and pretentious

[lungs]

I drive a kerr and live in a trailer perrk.

[sabotai]

vase = vahz or veys?

Either way is acceptable, but "veys" is more common in the States while "vahz" is common in England (according to what I'm reading on other sites).

[Castlerock]

People think that a Boston speaker drops Rs. That's not entirely true. They just save them up to be used in other words that don't have an R.

Car = cah
but
Tuna = tuner

Yoah retahded if ya don't think the sawx ah frickin awesome