‘OR-ih-gun’.
I grew up pronouncing ‘Nev-ADD-uh’. Somehow, perhaps from too much exposure to so many people pronouncing it ‘Nev-AH-uh’, I have to make sure I use the correct (former) pronunciation instead of the incorrect (latter) one.
How about Oconomowoc? Or any of the other Indian names, for that matter!
Terre Haute, Indiana, is called “Tare Hut” by its locals.
Of course. “The OC” refers to the Oshawa Centre, the mall in Oshawa, as anyone who grew up in Whitby and Oshawa knows. 
I believe se-PUHL-veh-duh would be preferred.
Here’s one everyone should know. Milwaukee = mo-WALK-ee. The “l” is silent and the “i” is “o”.
There is an actual Rushville, Indiana.
I always thought the locals pronounced Russiaville “ROO-shaville” (instead of RUSH-sha-ville), avoiding the “uh” sound found in both “rush” and the usual pronunciation of “Russia.”
In Texas “Houston” is pronounced “HEWS-tun”, in Georgia it’s “HOWS-tun”. In California “Concord” is pronounced “CON-kerd”, most everywhere in the South it’s “con-CORD”. Also, the GA county “Talliaferro” is pronounced “TELL-fare”.
I cringe when I hear “the” in front of an interstate number. I do, however, put in the “I” so you’ll know I’m talking about Interstate 20 as opposed to state highway 20 or county road 20. You may get quite lost if I told you to “take 20 to 20 to 20”.
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Originally Posted by Johnny L.A.
Nobody calls L.A. by its full name of ‘El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Angeles del Río de Porciúncula’. Everyone calls it L.A.
Ah, yes! The Town of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels of the River of Porziuncola.
The Japanese refer to it as Rosu-Ahnjyures and, since even that is difficult, shorted in to “Rosu”
Its northwestern neighbor has a horribly long name as well. Wikipedia says it was named after Saint Bonaventure, but local place-name publications list it as The City of the Fine View of the Mountains of Saint Gabrielle – La Ciudad de la buenaventura de los montañas de San Gabriel. This was shortened to Buenaventura, Buena Ventura, and now most people just call it Ventura. I guess the view isn’t so fine any more, what with all the smog obscuring things…:mad:
Back in the 1970’s *The 405 *was called the Ventura bypass. It tried to skirt around L.A. (which has now outflanked it) and ends in San Fernando (which is technically L.A. but Ventura’s Simi Valley is just a canon-shot away. Then it became the Ventura Highway and the group America wrote a nostalgic song about it. Now-a-days it’s essentially a long parking lot with small businesses packed tightly on either side. 
—G!
*It doesn’t get an I- because it was never intended to cross state lines.
It’s also called the San Diego Freeway – even though the 405 doesn’t actually reach San Diego by a long shot.
My source was my Dad who worked there for a few years in the 1960’s. Obviously, it may have changed, or he may have misheard.
As someone from Hawaii, please don’t call it anything. Just point at your map or printed street address and we’ll go from there.
‘Is it “Ha-wa-ee”, or “Ha-va-ee”?’
‘Ha-va-ee.’
'Thank you.
‘You’re velcome.’
And in Bourbonnais, Illinois you pronounce the first s, but not the second s.
Don’t call it Washington… if you do everyone will know you’re a tourist. It’s DC. If you live in the suburbs it’s either downtown or the city.
Wilshire is Wil-shur, not Wil-shier.
That is all.
Okay, tell me again: SKY-kill? SHY-kill? SCHOOL-kill? (Seriously?) :eek:
The only person ever allowed to call it “St. Louie” was Judy Garland, and only when she sang.
I don’t hear this anymore, but this Trekkie back in the '70s flinched at his favorite show being called, “Star TRACK.”
You assumed correctly.
George Bluth: I’m a patsy. I was set up by the Brits. A group of British builders operating outside the O.C.
Michael Bluth: Don’t call it that…