For Your Own Safety, Pronounce Correctly

[Hawkeye07]

Speaking of Maine... What about Bangor? Locally pronounced as Ban-gah. I have family just north of there in Lincoln and I was stationed at NAS Brunswick for a year.
And here in Minnesota there are a few that caught me unawares. Any good Italian, such as yours truly, would recognize this word as "Milan" (Mill-on) but here in Minnesota it's pronounced My-lan. Michigan has one too and it's pronounced My-lan also. Albert Lea, Minnesota is pronounced Albert LEE.
I had a co-worker who was from the great state of Missouri but anybody with half a brain knows it's pronounced Missur-ah.

Now, you've let the cat out of the bag, Hawk!.... ....!
So...not all you lot up in New England are all British!
(So many British Place-names...Bangor [Bangah]....Lincoln [Lincan]...!)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England
...some of you are Italian, as well!.... ... ...!
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I love knowing my USA Chums Forebears!!... ...!
...any more here?.... ...!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demograph ... County.svg
..the German invasion!.... .... ....!

Paul... ...!

Hi Paul! I'm sort of a Mutt. Half Italian, half Irish with a bit of English thrown in to keep the "I"s calmed down. Now my wife is really a mix; part German, part French and a shot of Choctaw Indian. Hmmm, no wonder she's gets so "testy" at times.

[Fozzer]

Ta, Hawk!

Its always fascinated me just how many Germans immigrated to English-Speaking North America in early times...>>>

In the Map...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demograph ... County.svg


..and the reasons...>>>

http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/uhic/Referen ... =gray02935

Interesting stuff!

Paul.... ...!

[Anthindelahunt]

Los Angeles.My Niece who is from El Salvador,assures
me that it is pronounced "Loss Hongalese" in Spanish.

Anthin.

[Fozzer]

Los Angeles.My Niece who is from El Salvador,assures
me that it is pronounced "Loss Hongalese" in Spanish.

Anthin.

The City of Angels!.... .....>>>

...and some Spanish word pronunciation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles

...and the effects of the Mexican War of Independence.

LA: A place of much beauty and violence!

Paul.....Amigo!.... ...!

Angeles National Forest....>>>

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angeles_National_Forest.

Wonderful for Motorcycle rides and Flight Simulator flights!... ...!

[Anthindelahunt]

Maybe slightly different pronunciations from
different Hispanic regions?

My Niece "El Salvador" and my Nephew "Irish"have a friend
from Mexico,whose name is German.He pronounces
it Herman.

Anthin...Correct pronunciation,"Onteen".

I always got jeered at when I was very young.
Why do you have a girly name?
So I tell everyone since then it is pronounced
"An tin.".

[H]

Anthin...Correct pronunciation,"Onteen".
I always got jeered at when I was very young...
So I tell everyone since then it is pronounced "An tin."

I, of course, have been mispronouncing it... you aren't as thin as it seemed. "An tin... ?" ...was that funnel-headed fellow starring in The Wizard of Oz related to you? Surely not the other famed Tin of film, Rin Tin Tin? Can we get an autograph -- or a paw print?
Well, we can always hope...

[Anthindelahunt]

Actually H. I am distantly related to the comic
character Tin Tin. Although you could be right about
Rin Tin Tin. Being a dog lover.

The mind boggles about a Genetics test...

Anthin..Barking up the wrong tree...

[Fozzer]

You had me confused as well, Anthin!... ...!

(I am easily confused).... ....!

I have been pronouncing your name as; "An-thin"...

..until I remembered that; "Anthony" is pronounced as; "An-tony", with no "H".... ....!

Your whole posh avatar name reminds me of a medieval Knight, from times long ago!.... ..... ....!

Another case of pronouncing a word as it is spelt!

Paul Fosbery....an Iron Age Briton.... ...!

[Anthindelahunt]

You got that right Fozzer.The H is silent.

Anthin...A bronze age Gael.

[Fozzer]

You got that right Fozzer.The H is silent.

Anthin...A bronze age Gael.

.... .... ...!

As soon as you said; "You got that right"..... .... it instantly reminded me of this clip from the film; "Fargo, and the "Minnesota accent"...>>>

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-XEHwUBubk

...together with the Minnesota; "Yah".... ...!

Some wonderful North Dakota/Minnesota accents...(Dutch/Scandinavian)?.... ...!

Paul.... ...!

[Anthindelahunt]

They have quite the accent.
Very similar to the accent north
of the border in Manitoba Canada.
Same ancestors maybe.

Anthin.

[Fozzer]

They have quite the accent.
Very similar to the accent north
of the border in Manitoba Canada.
Same ancestors maybe.

Anthin.

North Dakota/Minnesota Accents, and some of the complaints from some of the local; "speakers" who insist that; "they don't really talk like that".... ..... .....>>>

https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainme ... wn/360624/

A fascinating read for lovers of the original "Fargo" Film!..... ...!

There have been a few spin-offs of the film; "Fargo", but nothing beats the raw accents in the original film!

Paul....You betchya!... ... ....!

[Anthindelahunt]

That was a great film Fozzer.I must see if it is still
available somewhere on DVD.

Anthin...

[H]

The H is silent.

I am not... at least, not as much as I used to be.

Anthin...A bronze age Gael.

I usually shorten my ancestry down to Celto-Germanic-Native American. My ancestry's a confusion so I can be as mixed-up as most anyone...

The other course of wonder I have is if the pronunciation of 'aunt' has transgressed across the big puddles. I've made the comment more than once that ants are sometimes near my ankles but aunts are with my uncles. Especially from the middle of the last century, the trend over here has been to pronounce 'aunt' as ant; this seems prevalent in Hollywood presentations.

[Fozzer]

BBC News:
Vehicle. (Vee-ikal).

Texas Highway Cop:
Vehicle. (Vee-Hick-al)......The sudden sound of the mysterious; "H"!... ....!

Paul.... ... ...!