China Spring - people always say China Springs
hard-to-pronounce Texas towns
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palestine.... It is not the middle east
Lufkin
caliendo said:
It's Burnet Durnet. My kid goes to camp up there, and they all have shirts and hats with that on there.
Mexia is hard to pronounce, and llano.
Had someone with three teeth all bent out of shape tell me "durn it". The satire writes itself in that part our state.
Literally anything originally Mexican, German, or Indian that white folks then try to pronounce.
Keechi
Marquez
Flo
Venetia
Marquez
Flo
Venetia
surprised I haven't seen Buda yet (BYOO-da)
Anus!
Haven't read entire thread so hope it hasn't been mentioned. Palo Gaucho Bayou, my East Texas contacts pronounce it Polly Gotch.
Epic thread bump. Buda was on page 2.
Blanco Texas is pronounced Blank Oh. Not like the Spanish word.
My bad. Missed it.flashplayer said:
Epic thread bump. Buda was on page 2.
aggiepanic95 said:
surprised I haven't seen Buda yet (BYOO-da)
First page
Dammit, from bad to worse!TXAG 05 said:aggiepanic95 said:
surprised I haven't seen Buda yet (BYOO-da)
First page
Had someone ask for directions to 10LA. It was Iola they were looking for. So add that one for idiots.
Manvel. Lived there for 15 years. It is Man-vul. Not Man-ville. Rhymes with gravel. We've had a lot of players from there, including a couple currently. I had season tickets for years and would go to some away games. If it was someone we didn't usually play and the announcer would say Man Ville, the crowd would holler the right pronunciation
F4GIB71
Uhland
DG-Ag said:Quote:
D'Hanis
As in "Uranus"?
D'Hanis cause they anus.
Llano
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https://www.texasalmanac.com/drupal-backup/images/topics/TownPronunciationGuide.pdf
Here you go. Proper pronunciation of every town in Texas.
Here you go. Proper pronunciation of every town in Texas.
F4GIB71
If you are from Texarkana, you pronounce it Tex-er-kan-uh.
If you aren't, you pronounce it Tex-R-kan-uh.
Easiest way to distinguish who's from here, and who's not.
If you aren't, you pronounce it Tex-R-kan-uh.
Easiest way to distinguish who's from here, and who's not.
Palacios is somehow "puh-la-shus"
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Quemado or if you let an iPhone autocorrect Quesadilla apparently.
A lot of people are saying Mexia is pronounced "Mahair." The preferred and correct pronunciation is "Ma HAY uh." (It's not Mahair, Urhair, Hishair, Herhair, Ourhair, or anyone else's hair, for that matter.)
Helotes.... I heard someone pronounce Hee-Lots
Llano... I was near Lubbock and told some locals that I wanted to visit the Llano Winery, pronouncing it like we pronounce the town of Llano. They all just looked at me and laughed, insisting it goes by the Spanish pronunciation Yawn-o.
Colorado City, Texas.... I was passing through and found their local radio station and the DJ pronounced it Kolo-Ray-Doe City, so I assume that's what they call their town.
Llano... I was near Lubbock and told some locals that I wanted to visit the Llano Winery, pronouncing it like we pronounce the town of Llano. They all just looked at me and laughed, insisting it goes by the Spanish pronunciation Yawn-o.
Colorado City, Texas.... I was passing through and found their local radio station and the DJ pronounced it Kolo-Ray-Doe City, so I assume that's what they call their town.
Detroit. "DE-troit" as heavy as you can be on the DE.
Cooper. "Cup-er"
Bogata. "Buh-goat-uh"
Shoot pick nearly any town in NE Texas and good luck.
Also, Montague county is "Mon-tage" county. Not that dumb French pronunciation.
Cooper. "Cup-er"
Bogata. "Buh-goat-uh"
Shoot pick nearly any town in NE Texas and good luck.
Also, Montague county is "Mon-tage" county. Not that dumb French pronunciation.
Farwell is up in the panhandle. It's renounced Far-wool.
Rhea is just north. It's Ray.
Just down the street is Bovina.
Also in the panhandle is Enochs and Darozette.
Rhea is just north. It's Ray.
Just down the street is Bovina.
Also in the panhandle is Enochs and Darozette.
Try this one on for size - Biry.
A spot in the road halfway between Hondo and Devine.
Pronounced "beery". From an old German family name.
And D'Hanis is not pronounced us
A spot in the road halfway between Hondo and Devine.
Pronounced "beery". From an old German family name.
And D'Hanis is not pronounced us
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D'Hanis is not pronounced using anything like anus.
It's Dee Hannis or De Hinnis.
Named after the immigration company that brought the first settlers from Alsace to the area.
D'Hanis is not pronounced using anything like anus.
It's Dee Hannis or De Hinnis.
Named after the immigration company that brought the first settlers from Alsace to the area.
Most towns have been covered in this thread (have heard Gruene, Humble, LLano incorrectly mentioned many times...esp by east-coasters or Californians).
Side note, there's a road in Hstn that's fun to hear out-of-towners and out-of-staters butcher consistently....
Kuykendahl Road
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Side note, there's a road in Hstn that's fun to hear out-of-towners and out-of-staters butcher consistently....
Kuykendahl Road
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jonb02 said:
Palacios is somehow "puh-la-shus"
How else would you pronounce it?
TXAG 05 said:jonb02 said:
Palacios is somehow "puh-la-shus"
How else would you pronounce it?
I had a High School coach pronounce it 'puh-LAY-shus'. I had to be the one to correct him in the locker room.
Miami
La Salle (between Vanderbilt and Placedo), is pronounced luh SOLL, not la SAL
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