Actually, its pronounced News Bransfels. Source: Im a lifelong NewsBraunsfelsian of the last 6 months.I Should Be Working said:
New Braunfels. Not New Braunsfels.
hard-to-pronounce Texas towns
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I never understood this one either…the locals corrected me quickly when I worked a hail storm there in 2017. It's somehow pronounced Lake-EEBaileyAg said:
My son's 7th grade coach/teacher (from Texas) was going over weird Tx town names and pronounced Leakey "leaky".
This bothers me still. I almost want to schedule a parent/teacher conference so i can bring it up.
He's a Tech grad
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It looks like PalaciosAgPediRPh said:TXAG 05 said:jonb02 said:
Palacios is somehow "puh-la-shus"
How else would you pronounce it?
The most correct way to anglicize would be
PAW LAW SEE OHS
But sound like Palashes
Just listen the next time
You're watchin' SId Lasher
Lyle Lovett
South Texas Girl
Because that is the Express way to say it.Missouri City Aggie said:
You'd be surprised at how many people screw up Sugar Land. They like to combine Sugar and Land into sugarland.
Land of the Hearts Delight!83Aggie said:
Tenaha
Decatur
Palacios
Menard
Falfurrias
Ozona
Rowlett
Seguin
Waskom
Yoakum
Seguin....which was previously called Walnut Springs
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Burkburnett - not positive but I believe it\s BurkBurnett as in "net" not burnet dernit!
Even the city website doesn't say!
Somebody set it straight.
Just found out - it's "net". Wordreference.com
Even the city website doesn't say!
Somebody set it straight.
Just found out - it's "net". Wordreference.com
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anybody mention Waxahachie? It;s woks not wax!
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Zabcikville ? Between Cameron & Temple.
Sabine River
Suh-bean
Sah-bean
Say-bine like vine
In SE Texas it was the first one.
Suh-bean
Sah-bean
Say-bine like vine
In SE Texas it was the first one.
Just Southern Things folks trying to pronounce these towns
austagg99 said:
Sabine River
Suh-bean
Sah-bean
Say-bine like vine
In SE Texas it was the first one.
Separates the dumbasses from the coonasses.
Also separates last name pronunciations. I got some backlash from a guy in Beaumont for pronouncing his name aye-bear, he was adamant that was He-bert.
"Poor Ole Bobby"
Wake me up when next year is finally THIS year.
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Weslaco. It's WES-luh-co, not
Wes-LAKE-o.
Wes-LAKE-o.
WhoopRAB said:
Bedias
This guy was calling Bedias bed-e-us.
https://texags.com/forums/12/topics/3279419
FWIW: If you are from the Limestone County area you pronounce Mexia as Meh- Hair.
Also Teague is called Tig
Also Teague is called Tig
Wasn't surprised, but the Weather Channel storm trackers were slaughtering Texas town names last evening.
There is a street in New York City spelled Houston. They pronounce it Hows Ton.
And many new Texans pronounce Elgin, El Gin, when they should say El Gun when they order "hot gut" from the City Market.
And many new Texans pronounce Elgin, El Gin, when they should say El Gun when they order "hot gut" from the City Market.
Joe Schillaci 48 said:
There is a street in New York City spelled Houston. They pronounce it Hows Ton.
You haven't read the thread - that's been discussed.
It-Lee
I'm from Greenville, and it's pronounced green-vull.splits said:
Mexia, Coppell, Greenville (it's not green-vill, it almost rhymes with anvil), Bremond, Jewett
Born'E
Burn'E
Crazy little German town soon to be San Antonio.
Don't mention 1 unless you type it out phonetically. I'm trying to learn, here!
Nevada, (southeastern Collin County) pronounced
"nuh-VAY-duh"
Similar to Iowa, Louisiana, which is pronounced
"eye-oh-WAY".
"nuh-VAY-duh"
Similar to Iowa, Louisiana, which is pronounced
"eye-oh-WAY".
siap
Knippa Ka NIP a
Knippa Ka NIP a
Llano
BQ87 said:
Colorado City
seems straighforward, but to the old timers it's pronounced "Colo-ray-do". It's sometime slurred together and becomes "Cah-ray-do City". The only instance I know of where Texans actually reduce the number of syllables.
Colla RAYda City?
Rio Vista
"rye visda"
"rye visda"
Marquez=MarKay
Just here with a tip of the cap to Fast Fred. He was a good guy and is sorely missed.FAST FRED said:
"Burn it," can't you learn it, durn it?
Gig 'em, FAST FRED '65.
Before the world wide web, village idiots usually stayed in their own village.
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Class of 1985
Fighting Texas Aggie
Class of 1985
goodags85 said:Just here with a tip of the cap to Fast Fred. He was a good guy and is sorely missed.FAST FRED said:
"Burn it," can't you learn it, durn it?
Gig 'em, FAST FRED '65.
Before the world wide web, village idiots usually stayed in their own village.
Some of the best movie reviews I've ever read. Exchanged a few emails with him years ago and he was incredibly kind. I often think about his signature with some of the stuff I see on the internet these days.
Definitely not hard to pronounce but fun to here comments ... Like from the last Ag home basketball playoff game.
"Shot that three from Dime Box."
?
Elgin ... hard g or soft g
Hard g / gym
Soft g / rag
"Shot that three from Dime Box."
?
Elgin ... hard g or soft g
Hard g / gym
Soft g / rag
I always had this mental image of Fred as some groovy old hep-cat with a ponytail and sunglasses, like the older musicians I see hanging out at blues clubs and stuff. Then when we lost him I read the obituary and saw that in addition to being a dentist he was a soldier, a former city council member and mayor, and still gigged. Extremely interesting, well rounded guy.
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