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Why is JORdan-Hare pronounced JURdan-Hare?
Posted on 11/9/17 at 12:34 pm
Posted on 11/9/17 at 12:34 pm
Does anyone know?
It is named after Ralph Jordan, but I have lived in the South all of my life...have a brother named Jordan...and have never heard it pronounced this way.
I get constantly corrected when in Montgomery at my wife's grandparents house. (no pics)
Anybody ever heard this pronunciation outside of this instance?
Personally, it sounds ignorant...and yes I am aware he coached at UGA as well.
Thoughts?
It is named after Ralph Jordan, but I have lived in the South all of my life...have a brother named Jordan...and have never heard it pronounced this way.
I get constantly corrected when in Montgomery at my wife's grandparents house. (no pics)
Anybody ever heard this pronunciation outside of this instance?
Personally, it sounds ignorant...and yes I am aware he coached at UGA as well.
Thoughts?
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Posted on 11/9/17 at 12:37 pm to SthGADawg
Because Auburn coach Shug Jordans name was pronounced that way.
Posted on 11/9/17 at 12:38 pm to SthGADawg
It sounds very uneducated.... fitting actually.
Posted on 11/9/17 at 1:18 pm to SthGADawg
There was a Jordan High in Columbus that was pronounced that way.
Posted on 11/9/17 at 1:24 pm to SthGADawg
There's a road here in Wilmington: Kerr Ave. Everyone calls it "car."
Very annoying.
Also, terrible post.
Very annoying.
Also, terrible post.
This post was edited on 11/9/17 at 1:26 pm
Posted on 11/9/17 at 1:37 pm to SthGADawg
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Posted on 11/9/17 at 2:21 pm to SthGADawg
Albany's Hamilton Jordan's name was pronounced Jurdan. Hamilton was Jimmie Carter's chief of staff.
Even worse, as head of the ATP, Hamilton passed an absurd rule that drove tennis great Bjorn Borg to retire.
Even worse, as head of the ATP, Hamilton passed an absurd rule that drove tennis great Bjorn Borg to retire.
This post was edited on 11/9/17 at 2:22 pm
Posted on 11/9/17 at 2:34 pm to SthGADawg
I refuse to pronounce it that way.
Posted on 11/9/17 at 2:39 pm to SthGADawg
There is a town in middle Georgia where a large family with that name pronounces it like that. Most people in the community do to when referring to them.
Posted on 11/9/17 at 3:16 pm to SthGADawg
THis thread is embarrassing. Holy shite..
Posted on 11/9/17 at 3:50 pm to SthGADawg
Honestly think it's an Alabama thing. I've got a buddy from Birmingham with the last name spelled Jordan, pronounces it "Jurdan". No family affiliation with Shug/Awbuwn.
When we started school at UGA he quickly switched to pronouncing it "Jordan" when meeting new people, and still does today unless we're around people from Alabama.
When we started school at UGA he quickly switched to pronouncing it "Jordan" when meeting new people, and still does today unless we're around people from Alabama.
Posted on 11/10/17 at 10:47 am to SthGADawg
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Thoughts?
Yeah, who the hell cares?
Posted on 11/10/17 at 11:10 am to SthGADawg
I have heard Jordan pronounced Jur-den most of my life. Most of these pronunciations, if you go back in time, are the way the English pronounced those words. I have also heard Houston pronounced as House-ton most of my life, for the same reasons.
I traveled into Illinois near Cairo once and stopped at the Welcome Station. I asked they guy working there how do the natives pronounce Cairo - he said Kay-ro. My response was -same as in Georgia. A Houston street in Manhattan is pronounced House - ton, same as in Georgia.
I remember a Wisconsin fan, a few years back, denigrating the term football britches saying it was a Southern backward term. I told him it was actually a derivation of the old English word breeches, which means short pants covering the leg to the knees.
None of these words are new or backward, just products of our English culture.
I traveled into Illinois near Cairo once and stopped at the Welcome Station. I asked they guy working there how do the natives pronounce Cairo - he said Kay-ro. My response was -same as in Georgia. A Houston street in Manhattan is pronounced House - ton, same as in Georgia.
I remember a Wisconsin fan, a few years back, denigrating the term football britches saying it was a Southern backward term. I told him it was actually a derivation of the old English word breeches, which means short pants covering the leg to the knees.
None of these words are new or backward, just products of our English culture.
Posted on 11/13/17 at 11:16 am to SthGADawg
It's a "Southern" pronunciation. Jordan's I've grown up with use same pronunciation. Sons middle name is Jordan & pronounced Ger-done
This post was edited on 11/13/17 at 11:26 am
Posted on 11/13/17 at 2:11 pm to SthGADawg
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I refuse to say these this way...I pronounce the first like the city in Egypt...and the second like the city in Texas
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Personally, it sounds ignorant.
So, you refuse to pronounce people’s family names and places correctly.... And go so far as to call them ignorant...but when you get called out on it and put in your place, youre gonna act like YOU’RE the one being unfairly judged and persecuted???
Yep. Like I said. Yankee busybody instincts personified.
Keep em coming
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