# Pronunciation of “hotel room” **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 14, 2024, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pronunciation-of-hotel-room/1001544 "2024-05-14T10:11:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pronunciation-of-hotel-room/1001544/41 "2024-05-16T02:47:22Z")
Exactly the same here (in my head it alternated between Mark Knopfler and Bob Dylan’s voice). ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pronunciation-of-hotel-room/1001544/42 "2024-05-16T02:51:35Z")
Since we’re posting songs to illustrate various pronunciation options, I’ll submit this one by The Kinks: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/pNi1HeexYEM/maxresdefault.jpg "The Kinks - Sitting In My Hotel (Official Audio)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNi1HeexYEM) ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pronunciation-of-hotel-room/1001544/43 "2024-05-16T05:45:31Z")
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oiscau0zJKc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oiscau0zJKc) Nina Hagen: “New York is the hottest place for a honeymoon in a hotel room!” (1983. “I just saw the freakiest woman on TV!” “You mean Cyndi Lauper?” “No, this lady would tell Cyndi Lauper to go back to Sunday school.”) ---
**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 16, 2024, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pronunciation-of-hotel-room/1001544/44 "2024-05-16T06:28:22Z")
Why oh why is it always southern speak? I said that in my head like this: Wa–hy o’ wa–hy is it a’ways us-ins, y’all? Do you guys not think we go to other places and think “dang, these folks talk weird, fast, wrong, unusual or unintelligible”? We do. OP, say it any way you feel comfortable saying it. It’s ok with me. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pronunciation-of-hotel-room/1001544/45 "2024-05-16T09:13:39Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > OP, say it any way you feel comfortable saying it. It’s ok with me. ^ This. The English language can be quite forgiving at times, this is one of them. Say “hotel” with the emphasis on either syllable at any time. ---
**Author:** ![veryfrank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/87869e/32.png) [@veryfrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/veryfrank)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pronunciation-of-hotel-room/1001544/46 "2024-05-16T12:33:42Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > There are a number of US cities that have different emphasis/pronunciation than you might expect, such say Cairo, Illinois which is say KAY-ro, not KI-ro, and New Madrid, Missouri which is said New MAW-drid and not like the city in Spain, Ma-DRID. Or Missouri itself (Mih-zoo-RAH). In addition to DEE-troit, I also say “KEN-tucky.” My folks live in a part of Ottawa named Orleans. They don’t pronounce it in the French way (Ohr-lay-AHN) though I think the local Francophones do, but rather like “Or-LEANS,” as does everyone else in the Capital Region. Only after I actually met someone who was a native of _New_ Orleans, did I understand I’d been pronouncing that city’s name wrong. It’s supposed to be “New OHR-linns,” right? ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pronunciation-of-hotel-room/1001544/47 "2024-05-16T13:27:55Z")
> [@veryfrank](#): > > Or Missouri itself (Mih-zoo-RAH) There is also Mih-ZER-uh. > [@veryfrank](#): > > Only after I actually met someone who was a native of _New_ Orleans, did I understand I’d been pronouncing that city’s name wrong. It’s supposed to be “New OHR-linns,” right? Yep [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pronunciation-of-hotel-room/1001544.md?page=2)