Headin' South - a plea for advice/help - Page 5

Not Afraid · 01-17-2007, 05:56 PM

Cahuenga Tujunga

Washington is MUCH worse - Humptulips et all.

Prudence · 01-17-2007, 06:46 PM

Sequim!

Alex · 01-17-2007, 08:20 PM

Except Humptulips and Sequim are pronounced exactly as they should be. Now, how they're supposed to pronounced isn't exactly clear to outsiders but at least we don't just randomly change whether we're going to pronounce the Indian word or some English perversion if it. (Of course, almost in Washington is Aloha, Oregon, which is pronounced completely wrong.)

Puyallup.

MouseWife · 01-17-2007, 08:34 PM

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Which, ironically, is probably a misspelling of "La Joya".

Egads, that is just the tip of the iceberg around here. Jamacha? Jamul? San Ysidro?

wendybeth · 01-17-2007, 09:00 PM

I can always tell when telemarketers attack- they pronounce Spokane 'Spo-cane', instead of 'Spo-can'. I also love the yearly garbling of Gonzaga by th sportscasters, although they are getting better.

MouseWife · 01-17-2007, 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by wendybeth

I can always tell when telemarketers attack- they pronounce Spokane 'Spo-cane', instead of 'Spo-can'. I also love the yearly garbling of Gonzaga by th sportscasters, although they are getting better.

And in quite a few places in the U.S. no one can spell 'Chula Vista'. Or say it. Is it that difficult? Isn't 'vista' a word?

Also, when the telemarketers call they can't pronounce our last name and I just 'Nope, not here'.

No one can pronounce our street name, either.

Not Afraid · 01-17-2007, 10:20 PM

Cost-ah Mesa instead of Coast-ah Mesa always got to me.

MouseWife · 01-17-2007, 10:23 PM

Otay Mesa. I think they say 'O-tie Mesa'. But that isn't how it looks, is it?

€uroMeinke · 01-17-2007, 10:39 PM

Ack - I'm trying to figure out the English pronunciations in England - Thames, Leicester Square, etc.

Not Afraid · 01-17-2007, 10:42 PM

And, pray tell, what is a "Mews"?

01-17-2007, 05:56 PM	#41
Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	Cahuenga Tujunga Washington is MUCH worse - Humptulips et all.
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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Except Humptulips and Sequim are pronounced exactly as they should be. Now, how they're supposed to pronounced isn't exactly clear to outsiders but at least we don't just randomly change whether we're going to pronounce the Indian word or some English perversion if it. (Of course, almost in Washington is Aloha, Oregon, which is pronounced completely wrong.) Puyallup.
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€uroMeinke L'Hédoniste Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: A.S.C.O.T. Posts: 8,671	Ack - I'm trying to figure out the English pronunciations in England - Thames, Leicester Square, etc. __________________ I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance. Friedrich Nietzsche
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Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	And, pray tell, what is a "Mews"?
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