pianoknight Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Cordoned off from the NCAAF 2014 Megathread. 5th in NAT. TITLES | 2nd in CONF. TITLES | 5th in HEISMAN | 7th in DRAFTS | 8th in ALL-AMER | 7th in WINS | 4th in BOWLS | 1st in SELLOUTS | 1st GAMEDAY SIGN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pianoknight Posted January 15, 2015 Author Share Posted January 15, 2015 5th in NAT. TITLES | 2nd in CONF. TITLES | 5th in HEISMAN | 7th in DRAFTS | 8th in ALL-AMER | 7th in WINS | 4th in BOWLS | 1st in SELLOUTS | 1st GAMEDAY SIGN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pianoknight Posted January 15, 2015 Author Share Posted January 15, 2015 One that I've never understood is Louisville.I accept that locals typically say "Luhlvuhl" and just squash the crap out of it, but I've always said "Lou-ee Ville" particularly in relation to the baseball bats. I'm fine referring to the city with the mash potato name, but are the bats supposed to be called "Luhvuhull Sluggers?" 5th in NAT. TITLES | 2nd in CONF. TITLES | 5th in HEISMAN | 7th in DRAFTS | 8th in ALL-AMER | 7th in WINS | 4th in BOWLS | 1st in SELLOUTS | 1st GAMEDAY SIGN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOldRoman Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Since I started this whole thing, I'll clear up an obvious point.Illinois is pronounced Ill-in-oy. The "s" is silent.Also, Illini is pronounced exactly as it's spelled. Ill-eye-nye. I hate when people throw another syllable in there and pronounce it Ill-lion-eye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOldRoman Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 One that I've never understood is Louisville.I accept that locals typically say "Luhlvuhl" and just mash the crap out of it, but I've always said "Louie Ville" particularly in relation to the baseball bats. Are they supposed to be called "Luhvuhull Sluggers?""Luhlvuhl?" I was there last year and it seemed like everyone pronounced it like sports announcers refer to the school - Lou-ih-vuhl. It wasn't nearly as smashed as that pronunciation. But yes, it seems like outside of referring to the school, most people say Louie-ville. I've always said Louie-ville Slugger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Six Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 The gringos here still call Chavez Ravine "sha-VEZ" Ravine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOldRoman Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 The gringos here still call Chavez Ravine "sha-VEZ" Ravine.A throwback, for sure, but it's been pronounced like that for a long time, so people just keep with it. It rolls off the tongue. Sha-VEZ ra-VEEN. Has a ring to it like Cooo-stanza! CHA-vez Ravine doesn't sound nearly as cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeypower Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 I thought it was sha-VEZ. Is it not? And as a white Canadian, I'm probably the furthest thing away from being a gringo.Louisville was always Lou-ee-vill to me.And Mark Giordano is pronounced Jor (as in Superman's dad) -dano. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pianoknight Posted January 15, 2015 Author Share Posted January 15, 2015 Also, on the Oregon front, there's a few crazy pronunciations for the home cities of the Ducks and Beavers.The Ducks play in Eugene, said just like the male name, but announcers and others always want to emphasize the first syllable so it comes out YOU-gene, instead of you-GENE. Makes them sound like Tarzan. "You Gene! Me Tarzan!"The Beavers play in Corvallis, which locals pronounce either as core-VAL-iss, or sometimes I've heard cur-VAL-iss. Occasionally, I've heard sports casters butcher it and say something like CORV-a-liss. 5th in NAT. TITLES | 2nd in CONF. TITLES | 5th in HEISMAN | 7th in DRAFTS | 8th in ALL-AMER | 7th in WINS | 4th in BOWLS | 1st in SELLOUTS | 1st GAMEDAY SIGN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DelayedPenalty Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 One that I've never understood is Louisville.I accept that locals typically say "Luhlvuhl" and just mash the crap out of it, but I've always said "Louie Ville" particularly in relation to the baseball bats. Are they supposed to be called "Luhvuhull Sluggers?""Luhlvuhl?" I was there last year and it seemed like everyone pronounced it like sports announcers refer to the school - Lou-ih-vuhl. It wasn't nearly as smashed as that pronunciation. But yes, it seems like outside of referring to the school, most people say Louie-ville. I've always said Louie-ville Slugger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2001mark Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Toronto should be like T'ronto... not Tor. On. To. & even then the second t is barely breathed. It's 2015 not 1815... at least ESPN guys who visit the city know it. @2001mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WizKid Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 In the 757, Norfolk, Virginia is pronounced (Naw-falk) not NOR-Folk.DMV (Capital Beltway Area)Maryland is pronounced (mUR-land like the wizard Merlin instead of Mair-E-land. Carolina is pronounced (KUR-lina). Virginia is pronounced both (Va-gin-yah) and (Ver-gin-yah). Baltimore is pronounced (Ball-more) in some areas.Don't know if it is just Baltimore and Pennsylvania that does this but they pronounce Washington as (WURSH-ington) GrizzlyBlack Designs, UDC Firebird Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breakwood Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Montreal is pronounced mon-Rey-al in French, and in English it's perfectly acceptable to say mun-tree-all. I always hear Americans call it Mawn-tray-all, and it makes my ears bleed everytime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FGM13 Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Montreal is pronounced mon-Rey-al in French, and in English it's perfectly acceptable to say mun-tree-all. I always hear Americans call it Mawn-tray-all, and it makes my ears bleed everytime.It's Mo-rré-al in French. Morréal. You don't pronounce the "nt" GO OILERS-GO BLUE JAYS-GO ESKIMOS-GO COLTS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tBBP Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 I don't think any of y'all would ever wanna hear me talk, then. In the 757, Norfolk, Virginia is pronounced (Naw-falk) not NOR-Folk.DMV (Capital Beltway Area)Maryland is pronounced (mUR-land like the wizard Merlin instead of Mair-E-land. Carolina is pronounced (KUR-lina). Virginia is pronounced both (Va-gin-yah) and (Ver-gin-yah). Baltimore is pronounced (Ball-more) in some areas.Don't know if it is just Baltimore and Pennsylvania that does this but they pronounce Washington as (WURSH-ington)That slurred "r" thing has always befuddled me, in wondering how it got to the places in which it exists--it's even permeated some of Florida Panhandle vernacular (where many of us native types pronounce the word "orange" as "URRR-inge"). You'll hear it in the DMV, as well as St. Louis (as anyone who's either been there or heard Nelly before can attest to), Memphis, and even Louisville (which for the record I pronounce as "loo-ih-VEEL"--the last syllable as I tend to do with every other word or place name with an "ill" in it...which probably explains why I get laughed at every time I'm either in or through Milwaukee). I even hear it in some parts of Texas, though not nearly as stressed. *Disclaimer: I am not an authoritative expert on stuff...I just do a lot of reading and research and keep in close connect with a bunch of people who are authoritative experts on stuff. || dribbble || Behance || Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illwauk Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Locals pronounce Milwaukee as "M'waukee." Then it gradually mutates into "Mowahkee" the further north you go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tBBP Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Yeah y'all also call water fountains "bubblers" too--that always throws me for a loop, even almost four years after I first heard it. Then again, I still to this day get thrown by the "Pittsburghese" and I lived there for six years. (For what its worth, your city emerges from my voicebox sounding like "meel-WAWWLL-kih"...it is what it is) *Disclaimer: I am not an authoritative expert on stuff...I just do a lot of reading and research and keep in close connect with a bunch of people who are authoritative experts on stuff. || dribbble || Behance || Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illwauk Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 I still remember the time I got asked if I was from England because I referred to a bubbler in Tennessee.We also have tyme machines in Milwaukee, but they're not nearly as awesome as they sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOldRoman Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 I hear in Newark, they pronounce it "Nork." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breakwood Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Montreal is pronounced mon-Rey-al in French, and in English it's perfectly acceptable to say mun-tree-all. I always hear Americans call it Mawn-tray-all, and it makes my ears bleed everytime.It's Mo-rré-al in French. Morréal. You don't pronounce the "nt"As a French-Canadian who was born there, I believe I know how to pronounce the city's name in French. You're right you don't pronounce the t, however you always pronounce the n. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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