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...! ...!Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2017 10:38 pmOops... count me guilty... if you hadn't told me, I honestly wouldn't have known.Hagar wrote:I've always believed the correct pronunciation of place names is the way the locals pronounce them.
Here's a few examples of towns not far from me in Southern England.
If I fullie understand, this surelie puts a new twist to pronounced modern English.Hagar wrote:Ardingly in Sussex is pronounced Arding-lie.
So, in Ireland I'd be a rover, in England, a roover?Hagar wrote:Oving near Goodwood is pronounced Ooving.
Are we telling the truth here... would it make a difference if you moved the border?Hagar wrote:Leigh just over the border in Surrey is pronounced Lie.
Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2017 4:31 am
Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2017 6:54 amOK, that's not fair... I give up... please provide proper pronunciation.511Flyer wrote:Not forgetting Weobley Paul, and Eardisland, to name but two.
Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2017 11:54 amPosted: Mon Jul 03, 2017 12:52 amboromir125 wrote:That pronunciation only works if you're talking about the state. There is also a river, in Kansas I believe that is spelled the same way as the state, but is pronounced "Ar-kansas" river. To be fair, there are any number of places that have the same spelling/pronunciation issues; the one that comes to my mind is in Maine (I lived there a lifetime ago). Up north, or is it Downeast, there is a town spelled Calais, which the French would pronounce as "Cal-ay", but Mainers, being Mainers call it "Cal-is" looking down on anyone who would say it differently. And lastly, also in Maine is St. Agatha...Post office, general store and gas station and year round population of about 4. To us mere mortals, that is St. Agatha, but to those living there, it is St. "Agat".
"A rose by any other name would smell just as sweet".
Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2017 2:09 amHawkeye07 wrote: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.
....! ... ...! ... ...! ...! ...! .... ....! ...!Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2017 3:23 amPosted: Mon Jul 03, 2017 5:05 amHawkeye07 wrote:Albert Lea, Minnesota is pronounced Albert LEE.
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....Go figure that out!! ...! ... ... ...!Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2017 8:31 amOriginally from a French-fried place in NH, I still pronounce it Kallay and, since Ive never (to my knowledge) been there, I don't consider Agatha a gem.boromir125 wrote:To be fair, there are any number of places that have the same spelling/pronunciation issues; the one that comes to my mind is in Maine (I lived there a lifetime ago). Up north, or is it Downeast, there is a town spelled Calais, which the French would pronounce as "Cal-ay", but Mainers, being Mainers, call it "Cal-is" looking down on anyone who would say it differently. And lastly, also in Maine is St. Agatha...Post office, general store and gas station and year round population of about 4. To us mere mortals, that is St. Agatha, but to those living there, it is St. "Agat".
That's not an exact observation. The paternal side of my Mom's family are Maniacs (her maternal side is Canadian which I've concluded may actually be the more maniacal). If you mention to them that they don't pronounce the "r" in a word ending with 'ar' or 'or' you may get a rebuff; my Connecticut cousin and friends laughed about how I extended my final "r" (particularly with the word 'car'); however, with the same words, Nebraskans made note of how I wasn't pronouncing a final "r", to which, I informed them that I most certainly was.Hawkeye07 wrote: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.
Thank you. If it had been spelled Woebley, I may have considered it such as an Old English pronunciation; for the same reason, E(a)rd(i)sland isn't a surprise, either, although I have a harder time ignoring the"i".511Flyer wrote:Answer to earlier post. Weobley = Webbly and Eardisland = Erdsland.
