I learned that one pretty fast. "Throw an 'apple-at-cha'." I called it App-a-LAY-shan once in the presence of my office mate and she told me to never, ever, say that again, or no one would take me seriously here.Originally posted by terraplnr
I learned that one pretty fast. "Throw an 'apple-at-cha'." I called it App-a-LAY-shan once in the presence of my office mate and she told me to never, ever, say that again, or no one would take me seriously here.
So, this guy called the Free Press the other night, asking how to pronounce Gratiot.
My local NPR buddy (see opening post) doesn't have a $10k closet. My church sound tech does, and he just released a little audition tape...including "In a world..."
There's a couple of major roads in my area that are difficult to pronounce, at least the way that they are spoken today. I'm sure how they are pronounced now may be bastardized versions of the original pronunciations.
Heydenrich
Schoenherr
Have at them...
"I'm very important. I have many leather-bound books and my apartment smells of rich mahogany"
Hay-den-rick
Show-ner?
People will miss that it once meant something to be Southern or Midwestern. It doesn't mean much now, except for the climate. The question, “Where are you from?” doesn't lead to anything odd or interesting. They live somewhere near a Gap store, and what else do you need to know? - Garrison Keillor
High den rike
Shay ner
“Death comes when memories of the past exceed the vision for the future.”
We have a winner!!!!
"I'm very important. I have many leather-bound books and my apartment smells of rich mahogany"
I pronounce it Chene-her, but I am inner-city west side!
We hope for better things; it will arise from the ashes - Fr Gabriel Richard 1805
It's interesting to hear the variations locals and non-locals alike use to pronounce Chartres Street here.
I have seen
old ships sailing
like swans asleep
I guessed on Heydenrich. Wifey is an inner-city east sider so I've heard Schoenherr pronounced and mispronounced many times. In fact, I make it a point a to screw it up just to get a reaction. How do you pronounce Chene?I pronounce it Chene-her, but I am inner-city west side!
“Death comes when memories of the past exceed the vision for the future.”
Shane, of course! Hmm I guess its not all that obvious after all.I guessed on Heydenrich. Wifey is an inner-city east sider so I've heard Schoenherr pronounced and mispronounced many times. In fact, I make it a point a to screw it up just to get a reaction. How do you pronounce Chene?
We hope for better things; it will arise from the ashes - Fr Gabriel Richard 1805
IF
- you call it a 'route' instead of a 'highway'
- you call it 'sha-WA-no' instead of 'SHAW-no' (Shawano, WI)
- you call it 'GREEN bay' instead of 'green bay'
- you are all puzzled at what a 'bubbler' is when someone asks you where one is
you're not from around here.
Mike
I was pretty sure that it was supposed to be a weak attempt at humor.
“Death comes when memories of the past exceed the vision for the future.”
Did y'all see these maps?
http://www.businessinsider.com/22-ma...merica-2013-6#
(Did you see what I did there?)
Those are interesting. I'm sure there's an interesting story to explain the 'Bowie knife' nexus between Maryland and TexasDid y'all see these maps?
http://www.businessinsider.com/22-ma...merica-2013-6#
(Did you see what I did there?
People will miss that it once meant something to be Southern or Midwestern. It doesn't mean much now, except for the climate. The question, “Where are you from?” doesn't lead to anything odd or interesting. They live somewhere near a Gap store, and what else do you need to know? - Garrison Keillor
You guys, I noticed that when I moved down here. After 30 years here y'all, Boo-wie sounds right and Bo-wie not so much.
“Death comes when memories of the past exceed the vision for the future.”
Off-topic:
Speaking of Schoenherr... My dad grew up at 9 Mile and Schoenherr (after moving up from Cincinnati when he was about 5 or 6) back when Schoenherr was still a dirt road even that far south.
"Where free unions and collective bargaining are forbidden, freedom is lost." - 1980 Republican presidential candidate Ronald Reagan
Yeah, I lived in Texas as a kid, and always heard the "Boo-ie" pronunciation. Actually, I knew who Jim Bowie was before I ever heard of the knife. Texas is BIG on Texas history, as they are on all things.
Out here in Bah-ston we can tell you're not a local if you don't "pahk the cah in hahvad yahd"
Many years ago I was sitting in a Council meeting where our bond counsel referred to "De Plahn". Both the city manager and I, originally from the Chicago suburbs, cracked up.
In the Denver area there is the City of Louisville. Pronounced Lewis-ville.
I currently reside in New BER-lin. It was pronounced that way during WWII, to it would sound less German (i.e., Ber-LIN). I am not local, so I pronounce it correctly and have people comment to me all the time.
Locals also shorten the City of Fort Atkinson to "Fort". When I lived in Colorado I asked if people did the same with Fort Collins. I was told they did not. I did anyway, and before I left I did hear others doing the same.
Anyone want to adopt a dog?
Well, how do you pronounce it? Looking at it carefully, and considering it's French origins, I'd think "gra-show".
A challenge for those of you who hail from less authentic, genuine, and real cities.
Also related ...
Growth for growth's sake is the ideology of the cancer cell. -- Edward Abbey
That is the only one I found to be wrong. Everyone in Iowa I know pronounces it Boo ie and not Bow ie.
“As soon as public service ceases to be the chief business of the citizens, and they would rather serve with their money than with their persons, the State is not far from its fall”
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Not a Detroiter, but I'm pretty sure it's pronounced grash it (rhymes with 'crash it')
A challenge for those of you who hail from less authentic, genuine, and real cities.
I'm gonna guess this is a trick question and that it sounds just like it reads - Sca-juh-kwah-duh
People will miss that it once meant something to be Southern or Midwestern. It doesn't mean much now, except for the climate. The question, “Where are you from?” doesn't lead to anything odd or interesting. They live somewhere near a Gap store, and what else do you need to know? - Garrison Keillor
“Death comes when memories of the past exceed the vision for the future.”
I'll bite: Sac-a-ca-jad-dah?
Lahser another Detroit Street is pronounced LaSHer
We hope for better things; it will arise from the ashes - Fr Gabriel Richard 1805
That was a Cleveland thing, at least for its wealthier two-word named suburbs.
Shaker Heights > Shaker
Rocky River > Rocky
Bay Village > Bay
Pepper Pike > Pepper
Gates Mills > Gates
Hunting Valley > Hunting
Moreland Hills > Moreland
Waite Hill > Waite
Blue collar suburbs with two-word names were never given the same treatment.
"Hey, Stan, I heard ya' bought a new house!"
"Yeah! I moved on up to Seven! You still livin' in Maple, Carl?"
"Yeah, but the old lady wants to move closer to her family in Brook. Maple's gettin' rough, if you know what I mean."
Nope.
Growth for growth's sake is the ideology of the cancer cell. -- Edward Abbey
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