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Pronunciation Poll
injest:
--- Quote from: ZK on April 22, 2008, 10:22:05 pm ---Question for yas? Do your News Presenters pronounce place names differently to everyone else. The tv presenters make a concerted effort to pronounce them differently to just about everyone else including the locals
eg a small town south of here spelt Oamaru. Virtually all of us say Om-ma- roo but not our oh so circumspect presenters, O- oma- roo. Sometimes you just about have to think twice about where they are talking about!!
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oh lort. I had a teacher that called the river that makes the boundary between Texas and Louisiana the "Sab INE' " river....when we ALL know it is the "suhbeen" River. (Sabine River)
then there is a city across the line there in Louisiana I have heard called "Bose ee aire City" when we all know it is "Bos shur City" (Bossier City, LA.)
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injest:
(tomato)
tuh-may-toe
puh-tay-toe (potato)
Ga-rahdge (Garage)
Loo-ee-see-ana (Louisiana)
New Or-LEANS (New Orleans)
Loo-EE-ville (Louisville)
Poursh (Porsche)
Ask (Ask)
TOY-let (Toilet)
WIN-doh (Window)
WAH-shing-tun (Washington)
Kreek (Creek)
PICK-tshur (Picture)
Kant (Can't)
KAYnt
Dore (Door)
oh and my mother calls the police the "Poh leez"
David In Indy:
--- Quote from: seriouscrayons on April 22, 2008, 11:51:03 pm ---Locals' pronunciations of place names are so often unexpected. In Minnesota, there's a town called Monticello, which people pronounce Mon-ti-SEH-lo. There's a town named Gentilly that people call Gently (GENT-lee). And in New Mexico, between Albuquerque and Santa Fe, there's a town called Madrid, which people pronounce MAD-rid.
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We have a Monticello in Indiana too, and we pronounce it Mon-tih-SEL-loh. I was shocked when I went to Virginia and I heard it pronounced Mon-ti-CHEL-loh.
We have a town just to the north of Indianapolis named Carmel. We pronounce it KAR-mel, but all of the out of towners pronounce it kar-MEL. We put the emphasis on the first syllable. People from out of town seem to want to put the emphasis on the second syllable.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: DavidInIndy on April 23, 2008, 12:59:46 am ---We have a town just to the north of Indianapolis named Carmel. We pronounce it KAR-mel, but all of the out of towners pronounce it kar-MEL. We put the emphasis on the first syllable. People from out of town seem to want to put the emphasis on the second syllable.
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Like the candy. Some call it CAR-mul, and others seem to call it KAH-ra-mel. At least the announcers on commercials do -- maybe they just want to stretch it out to make it sound extra delicious.
How is the city in California pronounced? Isn't it "kar-MEL by the Sea"?
David In Indy:
--- Quote from: seriouscrayons on April 23, 2008, 01:08:04 am ---Like the candy. Some call it CAR-mul, and others seem to call it KAH-ra-mel. At least the announcers on commercials do -- maybe they just want to stretch it out to make it sound extra delicious.
How is the city in California pronounced? Isn't it "kar-MEL by the Sea"?
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I think it is Katherine.
Around here, we can always tell when somebody isn't from here by the way they pronounce Carmel. lol
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