City names that the new local broadcasters really dislike
Here in Iowa they screw up maquoketa, iowa and Okoboji, on a regular basis, its fun , it makes me smile.
In southern Arizona , there is Fort Huachuca.
the new broadcasters that move to Washington state used to mis pronounce Chehalis.
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February 13, 2018, 12:41 PM
Jim Shugart
There's a county in Northern Virginia named Fauquier County. I convinced my first wife that it had a slightly different pronunciation than it really has. Everyone except her was amused.
(I also convinced her that the river that runs through Fredericksburg, VA is the 'Fred', not the 'Rappahannock'.)
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February 13, 2018, 02:36 PM
HRK
We have Kissimmee, which is located right off Lake Tohopekaliga so getyasomeofthat...
February 13, 2018, 04:28 PM
TMats
Kearney, Madrid, and Beatrice in Nebraska
Dubois and Rawlins here in Wyoming
There are a few on the Big Res in Arizona and there's an old joke about Ajo
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February 13, 2018, 08:08 PM
mutedblade
quote:
Originally posted by Jim Shugart: There's a county in Northern Virginia named Fauquier County. I convinced my first wife that it had a slightly different pronunciation than it really has. Everyone except her was amused.
(I also convinced her that the river that runs through Fredericksburg, VA is the 'Fred', not the 'Rappahannock'.)
Good stuff. My little brother was born at the Fauquier Hospital...I still call him a "Queer" baby
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February 13, 2018, 08:13 PM
f2
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Originally posted by bendable: there is Fort Huachuca.
I remember that from Scent of a Woman (1992), where it earned an IMDB goof (Errors in geography). I don't know if Pacino pronounced it correctly though.
February 13, 2018, 09:13 PM
craigcpa
Fuquay-Varina. Actually, and literally, two separate villages, Fuquay and Varina, separated by railroad tracks.
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February 13, 2018, 09:29 PM
Vgex
Bexar county here in Texas is pronounced "Bear". Silent "x". Manchaca in Austin is pronounced Man-check, to all Hispanics chagrin. Burnett is Burn-it.
You know, real 'against common sense' pronunciations.
If this is part of some shtick, I apologize for my ignorance.
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quote:
Originally posted by Jim Shugart: There's a county in Northern Virginia named Fauquier County. I convinced my first wife that it had a slightly different pronunciation than it really has. Everyone except her was amused.
(I also convinced her that the river that runs through Fredericksburg, VA is the 'Fred', not the 'Rappahannock'.)
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February 14, 2018, 08:05 AM
TMats
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Bexar county here in Texas is pronounced "Bear". Silent "x".
So do the locals pronounce it just like you wrote, or is there a suggestion of two syllables? Like “bay-ar?”
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February 14, 2018, 08:23 AM
zoom6zoom
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Originally posted by Chach: They all need to take lessons from this guy.
This is why Wheel of Fortune never caught on in Wales. Nobody will buy a damn vowel.
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February 14, 2018, 09:12 AM
smschulz
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Originally posted by bendable: Here in Iowa they screw up maquoketa, iowa and Okoboji, on a regular basis, its fun , it makes me smile.
In southern Arizona , there is Fort Huachuca.
the new broadcasters that move to Washington state used to mis pronounce Chehalis.
I can see why. Growing up in Iowa I am very familiar with those names but the AZ one I would have to think and sound it out.
February 14, 2018, 10:04 AM
MG34_Dan
Well there's Mocanaqua right across the Susquehanna from Shickshinny. You know the place. It's just north of Wapwallopen. Fishing was good along that stretch of the river, back in the '60s and early '70s.
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February 14, 2018, 11:15 AM
2000Z-71
Tucson. Yes the new weather chick on the news got that one wrong the other night and pronounced it Tucksone. Really?
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February 14, 2018, 11:23 AM
Opus Dei
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Originally posted by Vgex: Burnett is Burn-it.
Not calling you on the spelling, but it gets mispronounced that way because people spell it incorrectly. There's only one T.
On that note, Austin does have a few streets/areas that are regularly botched. I remember television commercial calling Cameron Rd. "Cammer-on". And then there's Elgin..not El-jin. Oh, I forgot Guadalupe St. I think that's the only place in Texas that pronounces it "Guadaloop".
February 14, 2018, 01:24 PM
DSgrouse
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Originally posted by bendable:
the new broadcasters that move to Washington state used to mis pronounce Chehalis.
Let alone Puyallup, Snoqualmie, Issaquah,
February 14, 2018, 07:46 PM
mikeyspizza
Cherryville NC is pronounced Cher-a-ville.
February 15, 2018, 01:47 AM
SigSAC
In California, I've heard some humorous pronunciations for:
