Why is Pierre SD, pronounced "Peer"

[notlikely]

OK but does anyone know if Pierre was ever pronounced “pee-air” or was it spelled “P-I-E-R-R-E” but pronounced “PEER” from day one

[Eyebrows_0f_Doom]

@Biggirl

I was born and raised in New York and I still don’t understand why Houston St. is pronounced House-tin.

I knew this one would be mentioned in this thread.

Houston Street (House-tin) is actually named after a person, William Houstoun. Unlike the Texas city of Houston (Hughs-tun) which is named for Sam Houston.

[Acsenray]

@Eyebrows 0f Doom

I knew this one would be mentioned in this thread.

Houston Street (House-tin) is actually named after a person, William Houstoun. Unlike the Texas city of Houston (Hughs-tun) which is named for Sam Houston.

Sam Houston wasn’t actually a person?

[Biggirl]

@Eyebrows 0f Doom

I knew this one would be mentioned in this thread.

Houston Street (House-tin) is actually named after a person, William Houstoun. Unlike the Texas city of Houston (Hughs-tun) which is named for Sam Houston.

Yeah but the Van Wyke was named after people too and nobody cares.

[bienville]

@Belrix

Lafayette, Alabama (close to where I went to college) is “La-FAY-it”. Makes my skin crawl - perhaps it’s my Walloon genes.

Add a generous dollop of southern accent to the “FAY”, too.

Ooh!
If Alabamans make your skin crawl, Louisianans will make it leap right off your body!

Lafayette, Louisiana is pronounced “laffy-ETTE”- that’s “laffy” as in “Laffy Taffy” or “Daffy Duck”.

[Boozahol_Squid_P.I]

@acsenray

Sam Houston wasn’t actually a person?

Hell no! He was a Texan, by God!

[bordelond]

@bienville

Ooh!
If Alabamans make your skin crawl, Louisianans will make it leap right off your body!

Lafayette, Louisiana is pronounced “laffy-ETTE”- that’s “laffy” as in “Laffy Taffy” or “Daffy Duck”.

:dubious:

Why, that’s the one Correct & Proper Way[sup]TM[/sup] to pronounce “Lafayette”. All others are, by rule, incorrect