Have heard it two ways recently when getting directions. San Fah-lee-pay and San Filleh-pee. Which is it?

Closer to second I believe

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Only yankees say San Filleh-pee

It is a spanish name and the spanish pronunciation should be used

Seems like Filleh-pee has always been the Houstonian way...like its the one street we refuse to pronounce correctly just because that's the way its always been.

I've also heard San Fill-eep...

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Have heard it two ways recently when getting directions. San Fah-lee-pay and San Filleh-pee. Which is it?

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San Fah-lee-pay. Born and raised. Never heard it any other way except from a transplant.

The community of San Felipe just east of Sealy pronounces it San "Phillip."

Fuh-lee-pay

It's like listening to out of towners try to pronounce Kerr-kendoll

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The community of San Felipe just east of Sealy pronounces it San "Phillip."

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This is the way to pronounce it

I too had always heard that the second way was the "real Houstonian way" and know several blue blood old school River Oaksians that pronounce it that way. I think its dumb and usually pronounce it the normal Spanish way.

So no consensus from native Houstonians?

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Fuh-lee-pay

It's like listening to out of towners try to pronounce Kerr-kendoll

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This.

Fifth generation Houstonian here, there is one correct way to pronounce the street name, and that's San Filleh-pee.

Many Texas words were Anglicized/Americanized after Texas independence. The pronunciation of San Felipe the street is closer to the pronunciation of 'Philip'.

For those who insist on changing the pronunciation of place names back to the correct Spanish, do you also say that you live in Tehas and plan on visiting the San Hacinto monument this weekend?

Native Houstonian here: Mostly heard "San Phillip-Eee" growing up. At some point the local news stations decided to go all ethno-accent-sensitive and it's mostly San Fuh-lee-pay now.

As far back as the 1960s (prob before), it was:

Sayn Fill-a-pee. Wrong, but ingrained.


San Fill-eep is right, I believe.

But then, like a dumbass, I took French.

I believe a consensus is in fact emerging!


Fill-a-pee!

Don't forget the San Juh-sintow Monument!

The town of San Felipe, just east of Sealy, is pronounced San FillUp. At least from the whites and probably the blacks.

It's properly pronounced Fa-LEEP-eh.

The tanglewood crowd will often go with FILL-ip-eee but that's just b/c they are bluebloods and don't want to live off a street with a mexican name.

Really when it all comes down to it, who gives a sh*t

I believe the proper pronunciation is Kirk-en-dahl.

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Really when it all comes down to it, who gives a sh*t

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We live in the first world...we need to create problems so that we can argue about them.

Its San Fel E Pay you sons of *****es

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an Fah-lee-pay. Born and raised. Never heard it any other way except from a transplant.

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Fal-lee-pay is the correct pronunciation.

See how fun this is?

The town which the street in Houston was named for has always been the Anglo "San Phillip." The street has been the Spanish way.

Humble
Bayou
Fuqua
Anahuac
Palacios
Mexia
Refugio
El Maton
Bowie
Burnett
Pecan
Irish Potatoes
Palestine

Several of the towns are fun to hear new Weather folks pronounce during their first few weathercasts

Fuqua. Fuqua!

My two cents: fill-i-pee and juh-sin-to.

Almeda-Genoa.

fill-E-pay

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Almeda-Genoa.

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What's hard to pronounce about this?

Bolivar is the best outsider trap.

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Fal-lee-pay

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also - fuqua = few-kwuh

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I've also heard San Fill-eep...

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Same here. I, and most other native Houstonians I know have always said "Feh-lee-pay" but I have heard several others say "Fill-eep".

I can't remember hearing anyone calling it San "Filleh-pee"

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also - fuqua = few-kwuh

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I grew up in Clear Lake and I always heard it and said it as "few-kway"