Local pronunciations that are just ignorantly wrong...

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_noob_
_noob_ Posts: 3,306 Member
edited January 24 in Chit-Chat
Are annoying. There is no R in Kuykendahl Houston peeps...

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  • iAMsmiling
    iAMsmiling Posts: 2,394 Member
    At times, I wonder if you are a real person, or just a very large group of monkeys randomly smacking a keyboard.
  • professorRAT
    professorRAT Posts: 690 Member
    http://www.pronouncenames.com/pronounce/kuykendahl

    I am sure there are variations, but I know someone with this last name and that is how he says it is pronounced, too.
  • coolraul07
    coolraul07 Posts: 1,606 Member
    Didn't you hear? A long time ago, there was a mass exodus of R's from the New England states down to Texas! :tongue:

    On a completely unrelated note, don't forgot to drink at least eight glasses of WAH-TAH, I mean, WAR-TUR, I mean WATER daily! :laugh:
  • fjellrev
    fjellrev Posts: 5,078 Member
    If only language were that simple.
  • _noob_
    _noob_ Posts: 3,306 Member
    The actual worst I've come across is Cheniere, and in that community it was always pronounced Shinny...I lived there for years before figuring out what radio adds and people where talking about.

    Also Lake Amistad is pronounced Amstead by most locals. I just can't bring myself to say it that way...
  • DebbieLyn63
    DebbieLyn63 Posts: 2,654 Member
    I live near a town called Aubrey, but all the locals pronounce it Ar-brey. There is no R in the name, nor is it to be pronounced with an R. But after 13 yrs here, I just go with it.
  • weevil66
    weevil66 Posts: 600 Member
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  • CristinaL1983
    CristinaL1983 Posts: 1,119 Member
    When I lived in Virginia, the pronunciation of the cities Norfolk and Suffolk by the locals drove me up a wall. It will not post the pronunciation because it censors it out.
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