# Omnibus Stupid MFers in the news thread (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 31, 2021, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945 "2021-01-31T21:25:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 63
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2021, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1248 "2021-09-16T21:15:44Z")
The proper pronunciation of Athol is " ˈsfiŋ(k)-tər" ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2021, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1249 "2021-09-16T21:40:12Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > We also have Puyallup that locals can’t figure out. Just swap the first U and the Y, “Pyoo-Allup”. I meant to say “non-locals can’t figure out”. 😫 ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2021, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1250 "2021-09-16T21:59:49Z")
Sequim. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2021, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1251 "2021-09-16T22:03:13Z")
Haha, yeah, pretend the “e” isn’t there and that’s basically how to pronounce it. 🙂 I visit Sequim regularly, one of the offices I support in my job (I work for state government doing IT) is in Sequim. I have also gone to the Lavender Festival there once and had a good time. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2021, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1252 "2021-09-16T22:12:33Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Haha, yeah, pretend the “e” isn’t there and that’s basically how to pronounce it. A good friend of mine is from Sequim, another lived in Des Moines, and I went to the Puyallup Fair many times. Anybody have trouble pronouncing Steilacoom? ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2021, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1253 "2021-09-16T22:15:14Z")
I’ve always heard it pronounced “Still-A-Coom”, the “oo” like “roof”. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2021, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1254 "2021-09-16T22:36:15Z")
I always heard stella-c’m I have a friend who struggles with “Maupin”, “Deschutes” and “Malheur”, thinking they should be pronounced like French words. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2021, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1255 "2021-09-17T00:25:40Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Just swap the first U and the Y, “Pyoo-Allup”. It’s not “pileup”? ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2021, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1256 "2021-09-17T00:36:47Z")
Not even close. I used to have a GPS that pronounced it “Pew-wee-lup” which cracked me up. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2021, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1257 "2021-09-17T00:43:42Z")
[The old Sim City strategy guide](https://www.amazon.com/Simcity-Strategies-Secrets-Nick-Dargahi/dp/0895888904) lied to me! ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2021, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1258 "2021-09-17T01:39:56Z")
Here is [an ancient appearance by McLean](https://youtu.be/Tum7BxS4PCE) Stevenson in which, right off the bat, he waves hello to a crew of sailors on a Canadian submarine and absolutely destroys the name. Perhaps the Canadians pronounce it differently, but if you know that name, you might struggle to recognize it. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2021, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1259 "2021-09-17T01:43:37Z")
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania has a name that gets mangled on TV from time to time. You can pronounce the Barre part in a variety of ways (from my observation of locals) but giving Wilkes two syllables is right out. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2021, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1260 "2021-09-17T01:50:19Z")
During the coverage of Hurricane Ida, some of the news reports talked about the flooding of the [Schuylkill River](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schuylkill_River) in Pennsylvania and I was a bit surprised at how it’s pronounced (something like SKOO-kəl). ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2021, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1261 "2021-09-17T08:36:17Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > SKOO-kəl Yup. Although sometimes you hear SKOO-kill. Lebanon, PA is “LEB-nun”. Prague, NE is “Prayg” (not “prahg” like the Czech one). ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2021, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1262 "2021-09-17T11:14:44Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > something like SKOO-kəl When I lived in Philadelphia we called the expressway the SURE-kill. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2021, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1263 "2021-09-17T13:38:33Z")
Latest > **[Who is Lori Desjardins? Woman Fired, Arrested After Berating, Assaulting Navy...](https://www.ibtimes.sg/who-lori-desjardins-woman-fired-after-berating-assaulting-navy-sailor-viral-video-9-11-60274)** > > The woman was caught on camera berating and slapping a navy sailor at a pizzeria in Berlin, Connecticut, claiming he was wearing a "fake" uniform. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2021, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1264 "2021-09-17T13:43:50Z")
Not a big fan of doxxing, tbh. But damn, people, stop randomly attacking others for imagined slights. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2021, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1265 "2021-09-17T14:13:37Z")
Especially not, as in this case, when you’re wrong. ---
**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:** [September 17, 2021, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1266 "2021-09-17T16:28:37Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > stop randomly attacking others for imagined slights. Part of the “stolen valor” brigade, which in turn is part of the required worship of all members (current and former) of the US armed services. I’m glad people do it, it’s important, I just think the constant “thank you for your service” is over the top (and I know current and former members who agree). And if there was less of it (and the various discounts for service members (which if a company wants to do it, fine, but it smacks of virtue signalling which the right tends to get upset with)), there would be fewer people “stealing” valor since there would be less value to it. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2021, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1267 "2021-09-17T20:48:07Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > I just think the constant “thank you for your service” is over the top (and I know current and former members who agree). This veteran completely agrees. Veterans are no better or worse than anybody else. I get embarrassed when somebody says it to me, I never served in combat, don’t lump me in with those who did. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=62) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=64)