# It's GAYLORD! GAY- LORD! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 23, 2022, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-gaylord-gay-lord/964940 "2022-05-23T16:03:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-gaylord-gay-lord/964940/21 "2022-05-24T05:29:55Z")
You know how we Michiganders pronounce “Bois Blanc?” “Bob-lo.” ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-gaylord-gay-lord/964940/22 "2022-05-24T05:53:04Z")
Now that’s interesting, never remember hearing that one. ---
**Author:** ![HelenGawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@HelenGawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelenGawn)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-gaylord-gay-lord/964940/23 "2022-05-24T06:14:05Z")
I give you [Natchitoches, LA.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natchitoches,_Louisiana) ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-gaylord-gay-lord/964940/24 "2022-05-24T06:32:30Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Now that’s interesting, never remember hearing that one. Well, bear in mind this would have been about 1940. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-gaylord-gay-lord/964940/25 "2022-05-24T06:36:25Z")
There’s a name in Kansas, Marais des Cygnes. Best as I can transcribe it’s Mare-uh-duh Zeen. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-gaylord-gay-lord/964940/26 "2022-05-24T07:04:36Z")
Come to Scotland, and try Milngavie (Muhl-guy), Kirkcudbright (Kuh-coo-bree), Kingussie (Kin-you-see) and Kirkcaldy (Kuh-coddy). And in England, even people who live in Shrewsbury disagree about whether it’s Shroe or Shroo. ---
**Author:** ![eschrodinger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschrodinger/32/122_2.png) [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-gaylord-gay-lord/964940/27 "2022-05-24T07:47:10Z")
How about Sault Ste. Marie? ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-gaylord-gay-lord/964940/28 "2022-05-24T10:51:17Z")
Berlin in Coos County, New Hampshire. Neither Berlin nor Coos is pronounced the way you think. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-gaylord-gay-lord/964940/29 "2022-05-24T12:56:11Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > You know how we Michiganders pronounce “Bois Blanc?” > > “Bob-lo.” That must be where attorney Bob Loblaw is from. ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-gaylord-gay-lord/964940/30 "2022-05-24T13:03:48Z")
When I pronounced it “Mack-i-nack” on Jeopardy!, the Detroit Free Press ran [this](https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2018/06/29/jeopardy-mackinac-pronunciation/745928002/) little article. Scroll down for a guide to Michigan place-name pronunciations. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-gaylord-gay-lord/964940/31 "2022-05-24T14:50:55Z")
The SE Michigan area has a number of roads that are difficult for out-of-towners (or even natives, sometimes) to pronounce. I’ll start with an easy one: Gratiot Ok, you probably knew it wasn’t 'GRAT-ee-ot, so maybe you put a French accent spin on it and got something like 'grah-she-AWW? Nope, It’s ‘GRASH-it’. Shoenherr ‘SHOWN-hair’? No, but nice try. This is pronounced ‘SHAY-ner’. Lahser LAH-ser? LAW-ser? LAW-sher? LASH-er? Nobody really knows! OK, according to this article, it’s [LAH-ser](https://wdet.org/2015/07/27/curiosid-do-you-pronounce-the-road-lahser-or-lasher/). ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-gaylord-gay-lord/964940/32 "2022-05-24T15:01:03Z")
Having grown up in Milan, and spent a lot of time in Ypsilanti, I was glad to see those included on the list. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-gaylord-gay-lord/964940/33 "2022-05-24T16:35:07Z")
> [@HelenGawn](#): > > I give you [Natchitoches, LA.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natchitoches,_Louisiana) In New Orleans, Burgundy Street is pronounced ‘bur-GUN-dee’ and Calliope Street is pronounced ‘CALLY-ope’. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-gaylord-gay-lord/964940/34 "2022-05-24T16:36:45Z")
> [@solost](#): > > Shoenherr > > ‘SHOWN-hair’? No, but nice try. This is pronounced ‘SHAY-ner’. And of course, Wayne Newton sang Danke SHAYNE. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-gaylord-gay-lord/964940/35 "2022-05-24T17:05:42Z")
> [@california\_jobcase](#): > > Yep. CAR-muhl Thats also how Hoosiers pronounce caramel. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-gaylord-gay-lord/964940/36 "2022-05-24T17:12:53Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Berlin in Coos County, New Hampshire. Neither Berlin nor Coos is pronounced the way you think. Likewise Berlin in Rensselaer County, New York. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-gaylord-gay-lord/964940/37 "2022-05-24T17:19:10Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > We say Eldorado emphasis on ‘ra’ as ray. > Not ‘ra’ as rah And Paris “Pair s” not “Puh ree”. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-gaylord-gay-lord/964940/38 "2022-05-24T18:40:28Z")
> [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](#): > > > [@california\_jobcase](#): > > > > Yep. CAR-muhl > > Thats also how Hoosiers pronounce caramel. This Minnesota boy, also. As a transplant to Missouri, we have Versailles, which is pronounced Ver-sails, and Nevada, which is nuh-VAY-duh. ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-gaylord-gay-lord/964940/39 "2022-05-24T19:03:01Z")
It’s Ver-sails in Indiana, too. Of course, there’s LaFontaine (la fountain). ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2022, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-gaylord-gay-lord/964940/40 "2022-05-25T01:14:57Z")
When I lived in Upper Michigan we lived in the small village of ‘Quinnesec’ We tried all the way there trying to figure out how it was pronounced. We were all wrong. It speaks just like it’s read. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-gaylord-gay-lord/964940.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-gaylord-gay-lord/964940.md?page=3)