# "How do I get to Poo-yallup?" - "You're new here, ain'tcha?" **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 7, 2006, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-to-poo-yallup-youre-new-here-aintcha/347424 "2006-03-07T20:43:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-to-poo-yallup-youre-new-here-aintcha/347424/21 "2006-03-07T21:57:26Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > In New Jersey, the capital is “Tren’n” The “t” and the “o” disappear in the nasalization. We don’t care how Delaware or anyone else pronounce the same spelling. That’s similar ot how we pronounce the “t??n” construction in Central PA (West Central…Altoona area), too. Moun’n, for mountain, especially. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-to-poo-yallup-youre-new-here-aintcha/347424/22 "2006-03-07T22:01:15Z")
Wollongong = WOOL-ng- gong (the G does double duty) Kuring-gai = Kuh-RING - guy Coogee = COULD-jie Canowindra = c’-NOUN-dra Vaucluse = Vor-CLOOZ Tarago = TARRA-go, not t’RAH-go Tarana = Tarra-NAH Nyngan = Ning-G’N (the G does double duty) Ourimbah = uh-RIM-b’ Wallerawang = wuh-LAIR-uh-wang All guaranteed to confuse the newbies… ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-to-poo-yallup-youre-new-here-aintcha/347424/23 "2006-03-07T22:21:55Z")
More Massachusetts here… **Worcester** : Wooster, Woostah, or Wister are all acceptable. War-chest-er is not. **Athol** : Ath-all, not At-hol **Leominster** : Lemon-ster, not Lee-oh-minster All I can think of for now. ---
**Author:** ![wayward](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a87d85/32.png) [@wayward](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wayward)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-to-poo-yallup-youre-new-here-aintcha/347424/24 "2006-03-07T22:25:38Z")
I’ve been living here for nearly five years now and I still have trouble with some of the local place names Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen Ystrad Mynach Llanelli Godre’r-graig Mynydd Allt-y-grug _shudder_ ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-to-poo-yallup-youre-new-here-aintcha/347424/25 "2006-03-07T22:25:45Z")
Durham, NC. Pronounced “DUR-um” Once someone asked me how to get to “dur-HAM” ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-to-poo-yallup-youre-new-here-aintcha/347424/26 "2006-03-07T22:30:28Z")
> [@wayward](#): > > I’ve been living here for nearly five years now and I still have trouble with some of the local place names > Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen > Ystrad Mynach > Llanelli > Godre’r-graig > Mynydd Allt-y-grug > > _shudder_ Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch ---
**Author:** ![Giant\_Spongess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/94ad74/32.png) [@Giant\_Spongess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giant_Spongess)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-to-poo-yallup-youre-new-here-aintcha/347424/27 "2006-03-07T22:32:50Z")
Good ol’ rural Utah has some…interesting names. Mantua: MANdaway Bicknell: BICKn’l Hurricane: HURRiken Manti: Man-tie Oquirrh (mountains): Ochre And Panguitch is exactly how you pronounce it, it’s just a really freaking awesome name. ---
**Author:** ![wayward](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a87d85/32.png) [@wayward](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wayward)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-to-poo-yallup-youre-new-here-aintcha/347424/28 "2006-03-07T22:41:42Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch Ex_actly_. I swear they do it just to piss me off. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-to-poo-yallup-youre-new-here-aintcha/347424/29 "2006-03-07T22:48:20Z")
> [@Cliffy](#): > > Anyone who refers to D.C. as “Washington.” > > –Cliffy …or pronounces it woishington instead of warshinun, although the southern accent has been hunted to extinction around here, so it’s no wonder. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-to-poo-yallup-youre-new-here-aintcha/347424/30 "2006-03-07T22:49:33Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > Huh. The hint book for SimCity 2000 was written by a couple of Pacific Northwesterners who used Puyallup in their examples. They said it’s pronounced “PILE-up”. Either they’re not as local as they say they are or they’re messing with people. Given the sense of humor of people who work on the Sim games, it could very well be the latter. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-to-poo-yallup-youre-new-here-aintcha/347424/31 "2006-03-07T23:10:31Z")
From the Tronna area (Southern Ontario). All of these are towns or cities unless otherwise indicated: Etobicoke: ih-TOE-bih-coe, or ee-TOE-bih-coe. The final ‘ke’ is silent. Roncesvalles (Avenue): RON-sess-vailz. Kerr (Street, in Oakville): kurr. Yonge (Street): yung. Weber (Street, in Waterloo): WEE-burr. Omemee: oh-ME-me. Barrie: berry. Rhymes with mary, merry, and marry. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-to-poo-yallup-youre-new-here-aintcha/347424/32 "2006-03-07T23:11:41Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > From the Tronna area (Southern Ontario). All of these are towns or cities unless otherwise indicated: And how could I forget Peterborough (I was born there). Peterborough: PEE-dur-burl. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-to-poo-yallup-youre-new-here-aintcha/347424/33 "2006-03-07T23:17:07Z")
In Nashville, there’s a street named “Demonbruin”. It’s pronounced “DEE-mum-BREE-un”. Really. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-to-poo-yallup-youre-new-here-aintcha/347424/34 "2006-03-07T23:21:28Z")
Campbell, OH - pronounced Camel North Lima, OH - Lie-muh, not Lee-muh I was corrected on these a number of times when I moved up this way. I still have problems pronouncing Campbell as Camel (especially when I have relatives with the last name Campbell, pronounced like you expect it to be pronounced). ---
**Author:** ![yanceylebeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yanceylebeef/32/12290_2.png) [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-to-poo-yallup-youre-new-here-aintcha/347424/35 "2006-03-07T23:31:39Z")
In Colorado Springs, there is a street named “Cache La Pudre” which I tried to pronounce in French. No such luck. The locals prounounce it Cash La Pooder. Nooksak. ---
**Author:** ![YaWanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/bbce88/32.png) [@YaWanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaWanna)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-to-poo-yallup-youre-new-here-aintcha/347424/36 "2006-03-07T23:44:03Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > Huh. The hint book for SimCity 2000 was written by a couple of Pacific Northwesterners who used Puyallup in their examples. They said it’s pronounced “PILE-up”. Actually, it’s somewhere in between the two. “P’yallup” (like the “P” sound in front of “y’all” with “up” at the end) is best. Usually, the best you can get transplanted people to say is the way **Cervaise** wrote it. Sorta like the people who think they’re hip when they say “NOR’lins.” Of course, someone already mentioned Willamette. The tourists say it “WILL-a-mette.” It’s “wil-LAM-ette.” I laugh at the newbies who say “Lake Os-WAY-go” (Lake Oswego)(it’s “os-WE-go”), “ah-LO-Ha” (Aloha, it’s near Beaverton) (here, it’s uh-LOW-uh, the “h” is not pronounced), “TIG-ard” or “TIE-GUARD”(Tigard – pronounced “TIE-gurd”) or don’t even know **what** to do with Champoeg Park (try “sham-POO-ey”). Then there’s the TV commercials for the get-rich-quick-no-money-down seminars at your local airport hotel - they keep mispronouncing Multnomah as “Mult **i** nomah.” Drives me freakin’ nuts. Don’t even get me started on the easterners who say “OR-i-GONE.” Hangin’s too good for 'em. And, if you’re ever going to fit in here, you have to learn to never say you’re going to the “beach” or the “seaside” (unless you mean the town Seaside) or the “ocean” - the only acceptable phrase here is going to “the coast.” ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-to-poo-yallup-youre-new-here-aintcha/347424/37 "2006-03-08T00:04:42Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > So… how do you know when someone ain’t from around your parts? _Hey_! I’m _learning_! Slowly. I’m from a place with many native names, along with french names, so my guesses at some of them aren’t usually _too_ horrendous. Mostly just tongue-twisters. I can sling “pyoo-AL-up” with the best of youse, now. I even went to the fair last year. Got a T-shirt, too. And a little purse that looks like a sheep. I named her Lambo. They loved her in Leavenworth. I _did_ mess up Des Moines a lot when I first moved here, though, but was corrected often, since I lived next to it. (Well, Boulevard Park, close enough). Names people trip over back in my homeland: Digdeguash, Pocologan, Mirimichi, Piskahegan, Magaguadavic, Manawagonish, Neguac, Lepreau, Letete, Letang, Bouctouche, St. Croix, Meductic, Boiestown, Maquapit Lake, Passamaquoddy, Nauwigewauk, Plumweseep, Quispamsis, Apohaqui, Waweig… probably more I’m not thinking of. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-to-poo-yallup-youre-new-here-aintcha/347424/38 "2006-03-08T00:16:10Z")
I used to live near the Will-uh-metty River. :mad: Here in San Jose, there’s a street called Alum Rock, pronounced with the accent on the “A” (like the powder) not like Alumni. New radio DJ, in his first traffic report, says it wrong and is simultaneously laughed at by thousands. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-to-poo-yallup-youre-new-here-aintcha/347424/39 "2006-03-08T00:43:33Z")
Near where I grew up are the fine towns of Milan (MY-lin), IL and Orion (Or-ee-un), IL. My mom also grew up near Miami (My-am-uh), OK. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-to-poo-yallup-youre-new-here-aintcha/347424/40 "2006-03-08T01:53:11Z")
> [@MsRobyn](#): > > Ooohhh! I know these! > > It’s Bal-uh Kinwood and School-kill! > > Robin Yes on Bala Cynwood – but the preferred pronunciation of Schuylkil is more like “SKOO-kul,” with the “kul” almost swallowed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-to-poo-yallup-youre-new-here-aintcha/347424.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-to-poo-yallup-youre-new-here-aintcha/347424.md?page=3)