Originally posted by: waffleironhead
Speaking of states names.
why is kansas(cans-ass) and arkansas(ar-can-saw). Wouldnt it make sense to be kansas(can-saw) or arkansas(ar-cans-ass) as well?
Originally posted by: Atomic Playboy
Originally posted by: waffleironhead
Speaking of states names.
why is kansas(cans-ass) and arkansas(ar-can-saw). Wouldnt it make sense to be kansas(can-saw) or arkansas(ar-cans-ass) as well?
And what about woman/women? You change a letter at the end of the word, but change how you pronounce the beginning of the word? Preposterous.
And it's Or-ih-guhn. You have to pronounce the "e" (it's not organ), and it doesn't end in "gone."
Originally posted by: Spartan Niner
Oh-reh-gun.
I live in the Portland, OR area when I'm not at school.
Originally posted by: foghorn67
OR-A-GUN, like how Johnny 5 pronounces it.
Originally posted by: dainthomas
Originally posted by: NL5
Originally posted by: jpeyton
You mean Vantucky?Originally posted by: Nitemare
Southern Washington
I hate that even more than "the couv"
At least Vantucky accurately describes the people who live there.
Originally posted by: sirjonk
Ne vah duh (rhymes with coolata)
vs
ne va duh (va as in vaginal)
Originally posted by: jpeyton
orygun
Also, for any visitors of our state, here are a few other common mispronunciations (with their name followed by the correct phonetic spelling):
Tigard = Tie-gerd
Couch = Cooch
Tualatin = Too-ah-la-tin
Willamette = Wil-am-it
Originally posted by: m1ldslide1
Originally posted by: jpeyton
orygun
Also, for any visitors of our state, here are a few other common mispronunciations (with their name followed by the correct phonetic spelling):
Tigard = Tie-gerd
Couch = Cooch
Tualatin = Too-ah-la-tin
Willamette = Wil-am-it
I heard a lady get up in arms about Glisan St being pronounced "glee-san". Apparently in her world it's "glih-sen" and the rest of us are stupid haters who are obviously californian posers.
And don't forget wash-ing-ton, as opposed to the backwoods pronunciation of "wersh-ing-ton".
Originally posted by: sirjonk
Ne vah duh (rhymes with coolata)
vs
ne va duh (va as in vaginal)
Originally posted by: Kalvin00
Originally posted by: sirjonk
Ne vah duh (rhymes with coolata)
vs
ne va duh (va as in vaginal)
it is ne-vaa-duh (as in vaginal)
not ne-vaw-duh. ugh. hate people who say it like that
Originally posted by: Vic
Originally posted by: Kalvin00
Originally posted by: sirjonk
Ne vah duh (rhymes with coolata)
vs
ne va duh (va as in vaginal)
it is ne-vaa-duh (as in vaginal)
not ne-vaw-duh. ugh. hate people who say it like that
I think every Spanish-derived place name in CA and NV has an anglicized pronunciation.
For those who don't know, nevada is Spanish for "snowy." Sierra Nevada means "snowy mountains."
Originally posted by: Cdubneeddeal
Or Uh Gen