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Postby Fozzer » Fri Nov 18, 2011 1:02 pm

Something which is always a source of confusion... ;)....
How do you pronounce; "Los Angeles"?...>>>
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Postby BigTruck » Fri Nov 18, 2011 1:04 pm

Los Angeles is pronounced El Ay.   ;)
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Postby Fozzer » Fri Nov 18, 2011 1:08 pm

[quote]Los Angeles is pronounced El Ay.
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Postby machineman9 » Fri Nov 18, 2011 1:15 pm

Not a city, but Arkansas (Ar-can-saw) always confused me.

From the Mexican, Los Angeles should be 'los an-jhel-es'... (The Angels), but Los An-gee-lees is my personal pronunciation.

Of course, most spellings have been skewed by the horrificness that is American-English. I just refer to it as 'American' as I don't want to put my language to its name  ;) ;D
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Re: U.S. City Names...Pronounciation?

Postby Fozzer » Fri Nov 18, 2011 1:23 pm

I think a lot of confusion is due to the appearance of the Spanish/South Americans in California and the surrounding areas, and naming various locations with their own pronunciations, and then the later visitors Anglicising the names... ;)...!

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Postby Hagar » Fri Nov 18, 2011 2:06 pm

Something which is always a source of confusion... ;)....
How do you pronounce; "Los Angeles"?...>>>

Click on the speaker icon --> http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Los+Angeles
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Re: U.S. City Names...Pronounciation?

Postby DaveSims » Fri Nov 18, 2011 2:41 pm

Not to mention the great city of N'awlins.  (see who figures it out!)
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Postby H » Fri Nov 18, 2011 2:44 pm

[quote]Something which is always a source of confusion... ;)....
How do you pronounce; "Los Angeles"?...>>>
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Postby Fozzer » Fri Nov 18, 2011 3:02 pm

[quote]Not to mention the great city of N'awlins.
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Postby BigTruck » Fri Nov 18, 2011 3:17 pm

Also pronounced NOLA.
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Postby Fozzer » Fri Nov 18, 2011 3:20 pm

Ta for the link, Doug...>>>

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/san+joaquin

I've been going through some of the pronunciation of "Spanish" names of familiar locations in California!

This one has always had me confused ....
San Joaquin (in the California Central Valley)..>>> San-Wo-Keen... :o....!

...fascinating!

Paul... :)....!
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Postby BigTruck » Fri Nov 18, 2011 3:25 pm

There's aso La Jolla, CA (La Hoya)

That one always got me when I lived in San Diego.
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Postby JBaymore » Fri Nov 18, 2011 4:53 pm

Up here in NH, SimV member "H" and I have the city of Berlin.
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Postby Steve M » Fri Nov 18, 2011 5:19 pm

[quote][quote]Not to mention the great city of N'awlins.
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Postby ViperPilot » Fri Nov 18, 2011 6:12 pm

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... Of course, most spellings have been skewed by the horrificness that is American-English. I just refer to it as 'American' as I don't want to put my language to its name
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