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| Muzzle flash aficionado  |
Lots of interesting town pronunciations all over this country. "Cairo" is KAY-row in Illinois, too. We have an "It'lee" (Italy) in Texas (just south of Dallas), and a PAL-ess-teen (Palestine). In Missouri, Versailles is ver-SALES. flashguy Texan by choice, not accident of birth | |||
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| Move Up or Move Over |
Yup, if you pronounce it incorrectly they look at you cross eyed and say: yaint from round here is ya boy... Of course, it is in Maury County (pronounced Murray) so what do you expect? Speaking of Ooltewah, somewhere around 1981 Prez Reagan stopped by to give one of the local schools an award: pronounced it EwlTEEwah. It was funny to the locals. I didn't care as I got to see AF 1 and the first guy I got to vote for. | |||
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| Knows too little about too much  |
"Pa con" where I come from. "Ba con" out along the red dirt roads RMD TL Davis: “The Second Amendment is special, not because it protects guns, but because its violation signals a government with the intention to oppress its people…” Remember: After the first one, the rest are free. | |||
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| half-genius, half-wit |
Just as well that none of you live in Wales, then. My late Aunt Blodwen lived in Tanybwlch, not far from Rhosllanerchrugog, and on the way to her kids in Llanfihaengel-ym-Mochnant by way of Caerestyn. | |||
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| An investment in knowledge pays the best interest |
Thank goodness here in PA we keep it simple and classy with our town names such as Intercourse, Blue Ball and Bird-In-Hand. | |||
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Not really from Vienna |
In central Texas we have Boerne (Bernie) and Leaky (Lake-ee) | |||
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I get into it with my kids. I tell them, it's not Count Dra-CU-la, it's Drac-u-la. My son's response: Yea, well, we're not in Trans-al-va-NE-A. Hedley Lamarr: Wait, wait, wait. I'm unarmed. Bart: Alright, we'll settle this like men, with our fists. Hedley Lamarr: Sorry, I just remembered . . . I am armed. | |||
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pa-KAHN . | |||
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The Old Dominion (Virginia) is not without its pronunciation issues. Norfolk = NAWfuk Suffolk = Suffuk Staunton = Stanton and my favorite Buena Vista = Byoona Vista You can't truly call yourself "peaceful" unless you are capable of great violence. If you're not capable of great violence, you're not peaceful, you're harmless. NRA Benefactor/Patriot Member | |||
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parati et volentes |
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chickenshit |
Tac wins this hand! ____________________________ Yes, Para does appreciate humor. | |||
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| My other Sig is a Steyr.  |
There is a parts wholesale distributor based in Lickinghole, Mass. I don't pronounce that other state as Illinoissssssss. | |||
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Right next the Santa Fe we have Theeta (Theta) as well. Nice area, but it's about as country as you can get. "The people hate the lizards and the lizards rule the people." "Odd," said Arthur, "I thought you said it was a democracy." "I did," said Ford, "it is." "So," said Arthur, hoping he wasn't sounding ridiculously obtuse, "why don't the people get rid of the lizards?" "It honestly doesn't occur to them. They've all got the vote, so they all pretty much assume that the government they've voted in more or less approximates the government they want." "You mean they actually vote for the lizards." "Oh yes," said Ford with a shrug, "of course." "But," said Arthur, going for the big one again, "why?" "Because if they didn't vote for a lizard, then the wrong lizard might get in." | |||
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We also have Maryville(Murvull) __________________________________________________________________________________ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Always remember that others may hate you but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself. Richard M Nixon It's nice to be important, it's more important to be nice. Billy Joe Shaver NRA Life Member | |||
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...| Bookers Bourbon and a good cigar  |
And then, there's Dekalb county in Georgia. Georgia: De Kab If you're goin' through hell, keep on going. Don't slow down. If you're scared don't show it. You might get out before the devil even knows you're there. NRA ENDOWMENT LIFE MEMBER | |||
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| Muzzle flash aficionado |
tac, I've been to Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch and sang in a concert in Llandudno (which I did learn to pronounce--the double L is tough, though). flashguy Texan by choice, not accident of birth | |||
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| Fire for effect |
They included Cairo, but left out Vienna. And they left out Buena Vista. (Hint, it's not pronounced like the Spanish words.) "Ride to the sound of the big guns." | |||
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| half-genius, half-wit |
Yr wyf yn cael pob anogaeth i ddarllen nad oes rhywun yma sydd wedi mynd i'r drafferth i ddysgu rhywfaint o Gymraeg! Da iawn, y dyn! | |||
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Caribou gorn |
Cairo (KAY-row) Houston County (HOUSE-tun) Vienna (vy-EN-uh) Hoschton (HOOSH-tun) Armuchee (ar-MURCH-ee) McDonough (mick-DUN-nah) Albany (all-BEN-nee) Taliaferro (TOLL-iv-er) And most people I know do pronounce Lithonia as LYE-thone-ya I'm gonna vote for the funniest frog with the loudest croak on the highest log. | |||
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| Muzzle flash aficionado |
I didn't actually learn the language, tac, just some pronunciation rules. Sorry. (I used an on-line translator for what you wrote--a good one, it appears.) Texan by choice, not accident of birth | |||
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