Correct Texas pronunciation of various towns?

[WT_Foxtrot]

The town of Ferris is pronounced "Speedtrap".

Ironic.....because so is Estelline, Eustace, and a few others.

 

[Eli]

You-ston

I remember being taught how to pronounce it in the first grade.

Pronouncing the silent “H” would have you cursed by our teacher, Ms. Sinclair, for being a Yankee Carpetbagger!

I'm not sure where the Y pronunciation comes from, it's spelled with a 'Yud' (Y sound) and not a 'Hey' (H sound) in Hebrew (and usually Yiddish) and has been standardized that way for a LONG time; Wikipedia's Yiddish-language entry has it Hey-Yud (HY) for some reason.
Being born here and living here most of my life, I've no idea how I pronounce it.

The bigger question is if 'Bayou' is buy-yoo or buy-yo, buy-yo is correct for Houston but everybody says it wrong since that stupid CCR song.

And don't even bother trying to pronounce Mirabeau Lamar's name with somebody that isn't from Texas!

Eli

 

[Psssniper]

Seems that Italy has been corrupted here in Texas as It-Lee. My ancestors are from Italy and none of them ever pronounced it It-Lee!

I have been corrected many times at the grand kids basketball,football & baseball games as to the correct pronunciation

 

[General Zod]

Seems that Italy has been corrupted here in Texas as It-Lee. My ancestors are from Italy and none of them ever pronounced it It-Lee!

I have been corrected many times at the grand kids basketball,football & baseball games as to the correct pronunciation

There's also the town of Edinburgh down on the coast. Named after Edinburgh, Scotland (which is pronounced "Ed-in-burra"), it's pronounced..."Eden-berg".

Sigh.

 

[Texasgordo]

There's also the town of Edinburgh down on the coast. Named after Edinburgh, Scotland (which is pronounced "Ed-in-burra"), it's pronounced..."Eden-berg".

Sigh.

Pretty good distance from the coast

 

[PinnedandRecessed]

soda water is a Coke

I knew of this before moving down here and was prepared for it but have yet to experience it.

I try to throw "good people" into conversations but it only lands with the old timers.

 

[Brains]

The bigger question is if 'Bayou' is buy-yoo or buy-yo, buy-yo is correct for Houston but everybody says it wrong since that stupid CCR song.

We'll have to defer to our Louisiana friends for the correct pronunciation.

 

[General Zod]

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Pretty good distance from the coast

A damn sight closer than me. Or you.

 

[Moonpie]

Nacogdoches, TX - nacka doe chess

Natchitoches, LA - nacka dish

 

[skfullgun]

I'm not sure where the Y pronunciation comes from, it's spelled with a 'Yud' (Y sound) and not a 'Hey' (H sound) in Hebrew (and usually Yiddish) and has been standardized that way for a LONG time; Wikipedia's Yiddish-language entry has it Hey-Yud (HY) for some reason.
Being born here and living here most of my life, I've no idea how I pronounce it.

The bigger question is if 'Bayou' is buy-yoo or buy-yo, buy-yo is correct for Houston but everybody says it wrong since that stupid CCR song.

And don't even bother trying to pronounce Mirabeau Lamar's name with somebody that isn't from Texas!

Eli

Buy-yo!

Always cringed when Linda Rondstat crooned about Blue By-YOU!

 

[General Zod]

Buy-yo!

Always cringed when Linda Rondstat crooned about Blue By-YOU!

You're right - it's so much better when Orbison does.

 

[1911'S 4 Me]

Umble
Not Hum ble
The h is silent.
Humble Oil Co.

 

[Texasgordo]

Shiro = Shyyyy-ro

 

[Bozz10mm]

We'll have to defer to our Louisiana friends for the correct pronunciation.

A good-bye Joe, me gotta go, me oh my oh
Me gotta go pole the pirogue down the bayou
My Yvonne the sweetest one, me oh my oh
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou

 

[TheDan]

Caddo mills - kay dough mills or cad o mills?

Genuinely curious as I grew up in Louisiana and we would say Cad-oh as in Caddo Parish.

From my former part of the world... Worcester.

My ancestors are from Italy

Pronounce Milano

 

[Mowingmaniac 24/7]

I don't say: Worcester

I say: Brown sauce

And nyc goofs pronounce Houston as: How-stun

 

[1911'S 4 Me]

I call it woo woo chester.

 

[gdr_11]

The way I deal with many town names is to remember that "i" is usually pronounced like a long "e" and there are not too many long a" sounds in town names. But, nothing is for sure because these names come from people's surnames or Indian origin

 

[Bozz10mm]

 

[Mowingmaniac 24/7]

She's cute as a bug, so she can pronounce it any way she wants to.