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04-18-2007, 06:28 PM
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UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Austin, TX
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Street names should be permanently exempt. Around here we have:
Manchaca = "MAN-shack" Koenig = "KAY-nig" Manor = "MAY-ner" |
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04-18-2007, 07:28 PM
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I hear them call the tide
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Perpetual Chaos
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Local towns/street names: Saline = Sall Een Milan = My Lan Delhi = Dell Hi Lyon = Lie On Kuehnle = Keenly (not sure how else you would pronounce it but it still seems odd)
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04-18-2007, 07:50 PM
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Esnohplad Semaj Ton
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: A little south of sanity
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Street names...I wonder how they get butchered so badly...Maybe it reflects the education level of the people who propagate the pronunciation?
I can't imagine a well read person coming up with some of the pronunciations. What about "Houston"...is it [House-ton] or [Hews-ton]? In Manhattan it's the former, EVERYWHERE else it's the latter. Who's right? The 'oe' and 'ue' in Koenig and Kuehnle should be pronounced like the umlauted 'o' and 'u' in German right? |
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04-21-2007, 01:24 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
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Quote:
 Want to annoy a Cajun? Pronounce Thibideaux as Thibby-dox. Should be Teeb-ee-doe.
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