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I do miss the rains...
I enjoy showing people the old Puyallup Fair commercial.
>>You can do it at a trot you can do it at a gallop you can do it real slow so your heart won't pal-pa-tate, juuust don't be late. Do the Puyallup!
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>>Most of my job involves working with folks down in California.. They absolutely CANNOT pronounce it correctly.<<
Well, I used to live in California, and most people from other states could never properly pronounce those towns and counties that had Hispanic names.
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Well, I used to live in California, and most people from other states could never properly pronounce those towns and counties that had Hispanic names.
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Yeah, you definitely get that everywhere. I'm originally from Wisconsin, and we use a lot of Native American city names, from several different tribes no less. They did a bit during the last Super Bowl the Packers were in where they went around asking random people in Texas to pronounce them. Yeah, it was amusing, but I didn't fault anyone, there are some very unusual names.
So, now I live in Illinois, and what gets me here is that they have a number of towns named after European cities, but have entirely 'muricanized' the pronunciation. Versailles, for example, has become Vare-sales.
So, now I live in Illinois, and what gets me here is that they have a number of towns named after European cities, but have entirely 'muricanized' the pronunciation. Versailles, for example, has become Vare-sales.
>So, now I live in Illinois, and what gets me here is that they have a number of towns named after European cities, but have entirely 'muricanized' the pronunciation. Versailles, for example, has become Vare-sales.
Same here in Missouri.
New Madrid (Mad-rid instead of mah-Drid)
Cairo (care-O)
Illinois (Illy-noise)
Courtois Creek (Coat-away creek)
I could go on and on.
Same here in Missouri.
New Madrid (Mad-rid instead of mah-Drid)
Cairo (care-O)
Illinois (Illy-noise)
Courtois Creek (Coat-away creek)
I could go on and on.
>Yeah so, I used to live in Wales...
>Try pronouncing Llandudno. The double-L is actually a sound we don't have in English. It was fun times.
And if you can get manage that, try the expert level:
http://imgur.com/RCkhPeM
>Try pronouncing Llandudno. The double-L is actually a sound we don't have in English. It was fun times.
And if you can get manage that, try the expert level:
http://imgur.com/RCkhPeM
><Ooh, do you enjoy visitors trying to pronounce it? I miss that about Washington. That and Sequim.>
I have to admit I like to intentionally mispronounce it as rhymes-with-Sequin, just because it makes me imagine everyone there walking around in glittery evening wear. Having been through the town a few times, it's even more amusing. And though I've been in Washington for 20 years (I'm a few months from officially having lived here longer than my home state of MN, yeesh), I still fumble with Puyallup.
Ok fine thread necro, but this folder doesn't get much love anyways.
I have to admit I like to intentionally mispronounce it as rhymes-with-Sequin, just because it makes me imagine everyone there walking around in glittery evening wear. Having been through the town a few times, it's even more amusing. And though I've been in Washington for 20 years (I'm a few months from officially having lived here longer than my home state of MN, yeesh), I still fumble with Puyallup.
Ok fine thread necro, but this folder doesn't get much love anyways.
