I don't want to hijack the thread but in a similar vein, I have more of a problem with words and names that get a pronunciation that disregards the spelling.
I know, I know. A person can say his name is pronounced any dang way he wants it, but, for example:
Brett FaRve. Isn't it FaVre?
Jimmer FeRdette. Spelled Fredette
Then there is:
RAWlie Fingers. Roland (Rollie) should be Roll-and and Roll-ee.
RealAtor. Only one A in Realtor, right?
JA, PLS SoCal
Went to school with two guys named Roland. They pronounced it Raw-lund.
You'd love it around here in the metro-Atlanta area then.
We have DeKalb county. It's not pronounced like the seed supplier in the mid-West or DeKalb, IL. Here it is "dee-cab" county. You can put the emphasis on either syllable.
Wherein said county is a well-known road named after a famous explorer "Ponce De Leon". Do NOT pronounce it like any Spanish or Portuguese - they wouldn't know what you mean.
Here it is said "pons da lee-on". Say "leon" as in a name like famed author "Leon Uris".
To say either otherwise around here will immediately get you tagged as "not from 'round here" or worse - [shudder] Yankee. 😉
I imagine the folks from Louisiana could chime in about saying that as well as New Orleans or Baton Rouge. How about the folks from Missouri?
> To say either otherwise around here will immediately get you tagged as "not from 'round here"
Out of towners in Portland can easily be identified by how they pronounce "Oregon" & "Willamette".
Then there is the city of Derby England. It's pronounced darby.......I never heard why, but had some good Guinness there.....
