Stupid question from a n00b

[Sasquatch]

Bexar county - is it pronounced "beck's ar" or "bear" or "bay-er"?

 

[ZX9RCAM]

I hope it's the last one.

 

[No one of consequence]

I think it’s “bear”. I seem to remember a story about someone signing an official document with a big ‘X’ in the middle of “Bear”. So the name stuck. Not sure of the validity of said story.

 

[SQLGeek]

It's pronounced "stɑ lɪnˌgræd".

But seriously, it's "bear". The x is silent.

It is more correct per Spanish pronunciation to say Bay-har (same as saying Oaxaca) but that's not now it's pronounced here.

Texas pronunciations are quite unlike anywhere else.

 

[BuzzinSATX]

Bexar County (San Antonio) is pronounced “bear”.

“The county was named for San Antonio de Béxar, one of the 23 Mexican municipalities (administrative divisions) of Texas at the time of its independence. San Antonio de Béxar—originally Villa de San Fernando de Béxar—was the first civil government established by the Spanish in the province of Texas.”

https://www.bexar.org/2985/History-of-Bexar-County

 

[General Zod]

Nope, the "X in the middle" story is bullshit. The county was originally named "San Antonio de Béxar" when it was part of Mexico. It's pronounced "bear" by English-speakers and by Spanish-speaking Texans.

 

[Moonpie]

It’s pronounced “bear”.
Originally the Spanish pronounced it Bay-Har.

 

[No one of consequence]

Nope, the "X in the middle" story is bullshit. The county was originally named "San Antonio de Béxar" when it was part of Mexico. It's pronounced "bear" by English-speakers and by Spanish-speaking Texans.

A historian I am not!

 

[FireInTheWire]

How do the locals say it? That's how ya pronounce it.

You should hear some of the goofiness West Texas folks say stuff.

 

[jordanmills]

Yes.

 

[General Zod]

A historian I am not!

I hope my reply didn't come across as harsh. I was distracted when I typed it.

 

[Mills]

And San Antonio is San Tone .

 

[oldag]

And San Antonio is San Tone .

Not to the natives.

 

[Fishkiller]

I know "Bear" is proper, but to piss off my wifes DB cousin I call it BEX - Ar when he is around. I also say PeeCan to get at him too.

 

[Brains]

I still crack up when the mapping programs try to say stuff like Kuykendahl, and it comes "cuh-KEN-dal". Or Telge turns into "TEL-juh" or just "TELj".

Then there's the ever lasting debate of whether it's San Fuh-LEE-pay or San Filuh-PEE.

 

[Mills]

Not to the natives.

I’m about as native as they get, hell I was born within a few blocks of the Alamo, my tribe came over in 1850.

 

[Big Dipper]

Here’s the “rest” of them. Sorta normal sounding and some oddities as well.

https://texasalmanac.com/sites/default/files/images/topics/TownPronunciationGuide.pdf

 

[SQLGeek]

I still crack up when the mapping programs try to say stuff like Kuykendahl, and it comes "cuh-KEN-dal". Or Telge turns into "TEL-juh" or just "TELj".

Then there's the ever lasting debate of whether it's San Fuh-LEE-pay or San Filuh-PEE.

Umble for Humble bothers me.

Filuh-pee is too ridiculous for me to acknowledge

 

[Bozz10mm]

Just like in Texas, the middle x is silent. Bear.

 

[jordanmills]

Here’s the “rest” of them. Sorta normal sounding and some oddities as well.

https://texasalmanac.com/sites/default/files/images/topics/TownPronunciationGuide.pdf

Don't let the foreigners find this!