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re: Places in your state that people butcher the name

Posted on 11/12/23 at 8:40 am to
Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
Member since Oct 2012
119121 posts
Posted on 11/12/23 at 8:40 am to
quote:

Pass Christian, MS (not pronounced like the religion)


Not a religion
Posted by sBrodie
Member since Aug 2016
75 posts
Posted on 11/13/23 at 1:02 pm to
It's New Or-luns

Not:
New Or-lee-uns
New Or-leans
Naw-lins
Posted by George Dickel
Member since Jun 2019
1587 posts
Posted on 11/14/23 at 11:18 am to
Mobile = Mo- BILL
Posted by bluedragon
Birmingham
Member since May 2020
6485 posts
Posted on 11/15/23 at 12:54 pm to
Wife would get mad until she realized I did this just to get a rise of her ......

Cool man!

Instead of Culman .....
Posted by jeffsdad
Member since Mar 2007
21411 posts
Posted on 11/16/23 at 1:05 am to
Some of the south la names throw me for a loop. But once I hear them I usually don't maim it any longer.
Posted by UGAnations
North Georgia
Member since Nov 2015
663 posts
Posted on 11/17/23 at 3:26 pm to
Cairo, GA, it's not pronounced like the city in Egypt, but like the syrup, Karo.
Posted by AwgustaDawg
CSRA
Member since Jan 2023
6978 posts
Posted on 11/29/23 at 2:12 pm to
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We all call it ALLBENNY


Its Albenny all day eeryday....

LaFayutt in NE Georgia would be Laughy-ett anywhere else in the world...

And Ponce Dee Leone is Ponce Duh Leeeeone anywhere other than Atlanta...
Posted by srotaG adirolF
Lakeland, Florida
Member since May 2004
742 posts
Posted on 11/29/23 at 3:08 pm to
Micanopy, FL
Posted by paperwasp
11x HRV tRant Poster of the Week
Member since Sep 2014
23107 posts
Posted on 11/29/23 at 3:26 pm to
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Member since May 2004
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726 posts

Posted by TigerLunatik
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Jan 2005
93693 posts
Posted on 11/29/23 at 4:26 pm to
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Member since May 2004

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726 posts

Posted by Doak Walker
Dallas
Member since Sep 2022
389 posts
Posted on 11/30/23 at 6:24 pm to
Louisiana definitely has the most. Nobody on earth can correctly pronounce Natchitoches unless you hear it from a local.
Posted by ChestRockwell
In the heart of horse country
Member since Jul 2021
2778 posts
Posted on 12/6/23 at 5:56 am to
Delacroix
Posted by immobileman
nowhere in particular
Member since Nov 2014
1852 posts
Posted on 12/6/23 at 9:22 pm to
Wait you didn’t include Gautier, MS
go-shey.
Posted by TheTeaux
Rouses on Airline Drive
Member since Mar 2023
1210 posts
Posted on 12/7/23 at 8:01 am to
Kiln Mississippi
Posted by paperwasp
11x HRV tRant Poster of the Week
Member since Sep 2014
23107 posts
Posted on 12/7/23 at 11:03 am to
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Kiln Mississippi

Coincidentally regarding the "Pee Can or Pee Con" thread, Kiln is home to Lazy Magnolia Brewing, which makes Southern Pecan ale.



We've come full circle. And now I want a brown ale.

Posted by DragginFly
Under the Mountain;By the Lake
Member since Oct 2014
3598 posts
Posted on 12/18/23 at 8:06 pm to
Taliaferro County Ga. (pronounced “tolliver”)
Ooltewah Tn (pronounced “Oo-te-wah”. - the L is silent)
Posted by DragginFly
Under the Mountain;By the Lake
Member since Oct 2014
3598 posts
Posted on 12/18/23 at 8:10 pm to
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Maryville, TN Pronounced Mara-ville or Mara-vulle as opposed to Mary-ville.


A gal I knew from there called it “Murvul”.
Posted by HDAU
Member since Nov 2014
1569 posts
Posted on 12/18/23 at 8:22 pm to
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A gal I knew from there called it “Murvul”.


I thought all the locals did.
Posted by paperwasp
11x HRV tRant Poster of the Week
Member since Sep 2014
23107 posts
Posted on 12/19/23 at 7:48 am to
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“Murvul”

Posted by StopRobot
Mobile, AL
Member since May 2013
15391 posts
Posted on 12/27/23 at 5:59 pm to
I have two local to me that drive me crazy

Bay Minette Alabama. Everyone here pronounces it Bay MIN-ETTE. Its a French name and should be Bay ME-NAHY

Joachim Street in Mobile. Its WAH-CHEEM and everyone says JO-ACK-UHM
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