How do you pronounce Hauppauge

Zebo

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My friend sent me an email that he moved to "Hauppauge" NY ..say what!?!!

TridentBoy says

Hauppauge is a town in NY on Long Island. Hauppauge is pronounced HOP-HOG. The American Indians dubbed the area around the headwaters of the Nissequogue (NISS-I-QUOG) River Hauppauge; it means, ?overflowed land? in the Algonquian language. Hauppauge boasts a large industrial park, home of many well-known companies.

THANKS!!


Hauppauge = HOP-HOG.:laugh::roll:
 

TridenT

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Ha-paw-awge.


Fucking failure at spelling.

Hauppauge is a town in NY on Long Island. Hauppauge is pronounced HOP-HOG. The American Indians dubbed the area around the headwaters of the Nissequogue (NISS-I-QUOG) River Hauppauge; it means, ?overflowed land? in the Algonquian language. Hauppauge boasts a large industrial park, home of many well-known companies.
 

PCTC2

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You spelled PRONOUNCE wrong.

Taken from Hauppauge's own webpage:
How do you pronounce Hauppauge?

Hauppauge is a town in NY on Long Island. Hauppauge is pronounced HOP-HOG. The American Indians dubbed the area around the headwaters of the Nissequogue (NISS-I-QUOG) River Hauppauge; it means, ?overflowed land? in the Algonquian language. Hauppauge boasts a large industrial park, home of many well-known companies.
 

Squisher

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Originally posted by: PCTC2

How do you pronounce Hauppauge?

Hauppauge is a town in NY on Long Island. Hauppauge is pronounced HOP-HOG. The American Indians dubbed the area around the headwaters of the Nissequogue (NISS-I-QUOG) River Hauppauge; it means, ?overflowed land? in the Algonquian language. Hauppauge boasts a large industrial park, home of many well-known companies.

I feel so owned. I've always pronounced it Hawp.pidge


 

rh71

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Originally posted by: SparkyJJO
Sounds like a TV tuner.

That's where they're located... that's why they named themselves that. They're down the Long Island Distressway from here... pronounced hah-pog.

Other weird ones:

Copiague (co-peg)
Connecquot (conneh-quo)
Long Island (lawn-guyland)
 
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Originally posted by: Zebo
My friend sent me an email that he moved to "Hauppauge" NY ..say what!?!!

TridentBoy says

Hauppauge is a town in NY on Long Island. Hauppauge is pronounced HOP-HOG. The American Indians dubbed the area around the headwaters of the Nissequogue (NISS-I-QUOG) River Hauppauge; it means, ?overflowed land? in the Algonquian language. Hauppauge boasts a large industrial park, home of many well-known companies.

THANKS!!


Hauppauge = HOP-HOG.:laugh::roll:

I'd say "Haw-pog" and I'm from LI.