Mispronouncing Ottawa

[Guild B301]

Have you heard how Brits pronounce Maryland (a state in the USA for those not familiar with it )?

Mary Land.

Exactly the same way people mispronounce Elvis’ house Graceland.
It is NOT Grace-Land.
It’s pronounced Gracelun’.

Memphis, (the one in Tennessee, anyway) is pronounced Meh-fis.

 

[blastoff99]

Warshington.
Or-e-gone.

Washington has a bunch of lovely place names, and it's always fun to hear how a national news reporter will pronounce Puyallup. Problem is, when Puyallup is in the national news, it ain't because something good has happened.

 

[bluesblaster]

New-fah-lan

thats it exactly, I know several and this is pretty much how they say it.

 

[friskinator]

I recently lived in Quebec for a year, and it always makes me cringe a little when people here pronounce it "Kwa-bec."

 

[dwm74]

Exactly the same way people mispronounce Elvis’ house Graceland.
It is NOT Grace-Land.
It’s pronounced Gracelun’.

Memphis, (the one in Tennessee, anyway) is pronounced Meh-fis.

I lived in Kentucky for a few years back in the 80s. My whole life prior to that I'd been pronouncing Louisville as Lou-ee-ville. Only after I'd moved there did I learn its a (barely) two-syllable name...Loovull. And no moving your lips while you say it...it just kind of slips out that way.

 

[Geddaric]

It's a bit like how some foreigners (or out-of-staters) pronounce Newark. They say 'New-irk' when it's quite obviously 'Nork.'

In my part of Ohio it’s simply pronounced Nerk.

 

[David Jayne]

In my part of Ohio it’s simply pronounced Nerk.

: D

 

[Bass Viking]

Warshington.
Or-e-gone.

Washington has a bunch of lovely place names, and it's always fun to hear how a national news reporter will pronounce Puyallup. Problem is, when Puyallup is in the national news, it ain't because something good has happened.

The Warmoth factory blew up?!!

 

[Bass Viking]

I recently lived in Quebec for a year, and it always makes me cringe a little when people here pronounce it "Kwa-bec."

Or KWEE-beck.

 

[Bass Viking]

I’m from Quebec. When we were teenagers we thought a Les Paul was pronounced Lay Paul.

 

[DirtDog]

I’m from Quebec. When we were teenagers we thought a Les Paul was pronounced Lay Paul.

Now that you’ve pointed it out, I can’t unsee it!!! Aaaargh!

 

[flannel cat]

Now that you’ve pointed it out, I can’t unsee it!!! Aaaargh!

yep! im changed for life now...

 

[bass12]

I recently lived in Quebec for a year, and it always makes me cringe a little when people here pronounce it "Kwa-bec."

That’s funny. I was born and raised here and I pronounce it “kwe-bec”. Always sounds weird to me when anglophones pronounce it “keh-bec” (which many here do).

 

[pie_man_25]

Hoser. Pure hoser.

It's spelt "Hoseur"

 

[bass12]

I’m from Quebec. When we were teenagers we thought a Les Paul was pronounced Lay Paul.

I once had a bass teacher who would refer to Jaco as “Pasto” - something I’ve since heard other Quebeckers do.

 

[David Jayne]

It's spelt "Hoseur"

See now I learned something today. Win.

 

[pie_man_25]

See now I learned something today. Win.

Purely joking, I figure you got it but I'm just being safe.

Also, in my hometown there's a "Pierre St." I remember somebody tried arguing with me over it's pronunciation, somebody outright said, "It's PEERY street, only the fake frenchies pronounce it Pee-air street."

At which point I kinda just stared her in the face and said, "you can pronounce it however you want, but you'd probably be more well served by not telling me how to pronounce my name"

 

[bass12]

Purely joking, I figure you got it but I'm just being safe.

Also, in my hometown there's a "Pierre St." I remember somebody tried arguing with me over it's pronunciation, somebody outright said, "It's PEERY street, only the fake frenchies pronounce it Pee-air street."

At which point I kinda just stared her in the face and said, "you can pronounce it however you want, but you'd probably be more well served by not telling me how to pronounce my name"

It’s always interesting to read French names on maps of New England and to then hear how the locals pronounce those names.

 

[mrpackerguy]

It’s always interesting to read French names on maps of New England and to then hear how the locals pronounce those names.

Or even in the south. When we lived in Nashville, LaFayette county was pronounced La-FAY-it. Here in Wisco, same named county is pronounced La-fee-ET

 

[bolophonic]

It's a bit like how some foreigners (or out-of-staters) pronounce Newark. They say 'New-irk' when it's quite obviously 'Nork.'

I grew up in the Tidewater region of eastern Virginia and there were three different ways that people pronounced “Norfolk.” One of them was “Nor-foke.” The other two... well, I’m not going to type out the phonetics.