# PCW How do you say the end of your name (regionalisms)? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 25, 1999, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pcw-how-do-you-say-the-end-of-your-name-regionalisms/11515 "1999-11-25T20:00:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 1999, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pcw-how-do-you-say-the-end-of-your-name-regionalisms/11515/1 "1999-11-25T20:00:00Z")
Yup, this one is about local pronunciations or Shibboleths. In our neck of the woods whore was pronounced Who -er. Yup, we are a hick western town. Coyotes rhymed with pye goats, Coteau was pronounced Caught-O and we can always tell a ferriner by how they say Saskatchewan (I can’t figure out how to get the phonetic pronunciation of that one written correctly). In Burtish (British) Columbia the largest city is Vang- couver (Vancouver) Over to You Keith * * * You want brilliance BEFORE I’ve had my coffee!!! ---
**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 1999, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pcw-how-do-you-say-the-end-of-your-name-regionalisms/11515/2 "1999-11-25T20:09:00Z")
I dunno about Cali, but in Texas we say it like “ore”, with an “H” sound in front of it. One syllable. Now ask me how I pronounce my name. 😉 * * * You say “cheesy” like that’s a **BAD** thing. ---
**Author:** ![PurpleCrackwhore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc348/32.png) [@PurpleCrackwhore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurpleCrackwhore)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 1999, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pcw-how-do-you-say-the-end-of-your-name-regionalisms/11515/3 "1999-11-25T21:48:00Z")
Odie my man, in my neck of the woods we say whore… rhymes with more… but about 45 mins in Oakland it is pronounced ho… like the garden tool =) * * * “Only when he no longer knows what he is doing, does the painter do good things.” --Edgar Degas ---
**Author:** ![JamesCarroll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@JamesCarroll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JamesCarroll)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 1999, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pcw-how-do-you-say-the-end-of-your-name-regionalisms/11515/4 "1999-11-26T04:14:00Z")
In SE Pensylvania we spell it whore, but we say “hooker”. It’s kinda like water vs “wooder”. ---
**Author:** ![Doobieous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Doobieous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doobieous)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 1999, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pcw-how-do-you-say-the-end-of-your-name-regionalisms/11515/5 "1999-11-26T05:11:00Z")
In Cali we say “whore” like “hor”, one syllable.Coyote is said like “kay-yo-tee”. If you want to be understood by Spanish speakers you have to say it like “co-yo-tay”. How about “yucca”? Here it’s said like “yuck-uh”. Any variations where y’all live? ---
**Author:** ![Doobieous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Doobieous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doobieous)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 1999, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pcw-how-do-you-say-the-end-of-your-name-regionalisms/11515/6 "1999-11-26T05:13:00Z")
Hmm i was looking at how i wrote out “coyote” phonetically, and the “kay-” does not rhyme with “may”, it rhymes with “sigh”. ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 1999, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pcw-how-do-you-say-the-end-of-your-name-regionalisms/11515/7 "1999-11-26T05:23:00Z")
In the South, it’s more like “Ho-wah”, if you’re genteel. “Hoar”, said loud with the force of breath on the H if yer rougher. ---
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 1999, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pcw-how-do-you-say-the-end-of-your-name-regionalisms/11515/8 "1999-11-26T05:34:00Z")
We say “whore”, rhymes with “door”. I am pretty positive that only Utahns pronounce “ignorant” - “ignernt”. * * * \>^,^\< KITTEN Please tell your pants it’s not polite to point. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 1999, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pcw-how-do-you-say-the-end-of-your-name-regionalisms/11515/9 "1999-11-26T05:52:00Z")
In Montreal… um… We don’t really have regional pronunciations, but we have dialect words influenced by Quebecois French. “Dep” is a convenience store (from _dépanneur_); Montrealers ride the metro and go to cégep (junior pre-university college); they do stages (pronounced stazhes) instead of internships at companies in their chosen field, and their telephones have locals, not extensions. Oh yes, and we have autoroutes, not superhighways. There are probably lots of others that I’m forgetting. In Manitoba, the one I remember was that “granary” was pronounced “grenree”. Also, they had a word unique to Manitoba: “snard lumps”, those awful stalactites of brown clumpy snow that hang underneath your car in Winnipeg winters and which make a satisfying thump when kicked off. ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 1999, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pcw-how-do-you-say-the-end-of-your-name-regionalisms/11515/10 "1999-11-26T05:58:00Z")
Yes, it’s true - coyote is pronounced “Ci-o-tee” in Califoria. They pronounce it “Ci-oat” in the Midwest. I’m from Los Angeles - old-timers (people maybe over 60) pronounce it “Los An-guh-leez”. Damn - it’s hard to spell out pronounciations! They say _ **in** _surance in the Midwest - in California they say in_ **sure** _ance. Another regional thing: Angelenos call all the freeways “The”. Like “The 405” “The 5”. It’s rarely “I-5”, it’s simply “The 5” or “The 5 freeway” (or “The Golden State Freeway”, but let’s not get things confusing here.) We have so many freeways, highways, interstates - we just call them all “The” instead of trying to remember which ones are interstates, local highways, what have you. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 1999, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pcw-how-do-you-say-the-end-of-your-name-regionalisms/11515/11 "1999-11-26T05:59:00Z")
I pronounce them ‘pros-tuh-teoot’ and ‘wolf’. But then, that’s Down Under for ya. * * * -PIGEONMAN- Hero For A New Millennium! [The Legend Of PigeonMan](http://www.hotkey.net.au/~guanolad/pigeonman/) - updates every Wed & Sat. If I can be bothered. ---
**Author:** ![putrid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e5b9ba/32.png) [@putrid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/putrid)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 1999, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pcw-how-do-you-say-the-end-of-your-name-regionalisms/11515/12 "1999-11-26T08:50:00Z")
I’m from the midwest and I always pronounce coyote kie-oh-tee. People from out west make fun of me and pronounce it kie-oat because they think that’s the Spanish pronunciation. ---
**Author:** ![Iyamity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/96bed5/32.png) [@Iyamity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iyamity)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 1999, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pcw-how-do-you-say-the-end-of-your-name-regionalisms/11515/13 "1999-11-26T10:39:00Z")
Odieman, I grew up Bengough (rhymes with cough), and I always thought your hick town was the big city. Saskatchewan can be pronounced Skatch-one, and even people in Taranna will know what you mean. ---
**Author:** ![ChrisCTP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@ChrisCTP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChrisCTP)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 1999, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pcw-how-do-you-say-the-end-of-your-name-regionalisms/11515/14 "1999-11-26T17:11:00Z")
I’m from the Midwest, and I have NEVER said “ky-oat”, nor have I ever said “IN-surance.” ::shudder:: * * * “…all the prettiest girls live in Des Moines…” –Jack Kerouac, _On the Road_ ---
**Author:** ![Doobieous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Doobieous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doobieous)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 1999, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pcw-how-do-you-say-the-end-of-your-name-regionalisms/11515/15 "1999-11-27T03:27:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Another regional thing: Angelenos call all the freeways “The”. Like “The 405” “The 5”. It’s rarely “I-5”, it’s simply “The 5” or “The 5 freeway” (or “The Golden State Freeway”, but let’s not get things confusing here.) We have so many freeways, highways, interstates - we just call them all “The” instead of trying to remember which ones are interstates, local highways, what have you. Actually up here in Monterey county, in my area, we also say “the 101” or “the 5”. Though we dont call all highways and freeways “the …”. For instance we sometimes say “To get to San hJose, you can take the 101 or **17** ”, or just “highway 1”. Usually it’s numbers only (like “156”, which is highway 156).