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Fri May-16-08 05:21 AM
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how would you pronounce this street name? |
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"Vaglica Road"
in sour lake, tx?
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Fri May-16-08 05:23 AM
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1. Hey, that's my part of the country! |
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"Birthplace of Texaco"
I'd pronounce it Vag-lick-uh. (That looks a lot dirtier written out than said out loud, oddly enough!)
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Fri May-16-08 09:24 AM
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2. Raymond Luxury-Yacht. nt |
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Fri May-16-08 09:37 AM
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3. Throatwarbler Mangrove...(n/t) |
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Fri May-16-08 03:21 PM
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21. Does that have 4 Ms and a silent Q? |
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Fri May-16-08 09:38 AM
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4. There's a street just near me called: |
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Edited on Fri May-16-08 09:38 AM by crispini
"Dilido Lane"
I would certainly have a problem saying it with a straight face. :D
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Fri May-16-08 09:38 AM
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...I guess I'd say "Vaj-licka" and try not to giggle.
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Fri May-16-08 09:45 AM
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6. How bout Tchoupitoulas Street in New Orleans? |
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Fri May-16-08 10:44 AM
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12. Natchitoches always gave me trouble |
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How does 'NAK-uh-tush' come out of that spelling? :shrug:
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Fri May-16-08 12:18 PM
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15. Its a very complex and intricate |
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combination of letters combined with a lot of booze consumption by those who have to use it on a daily basis.
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Fri May-16-08 01:10 PM
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the accent is on the 'two'.
One wag said that, if New Orleans were at war (if??), the way we'd be able to spot infiltrators would be to make them spell "Tchoupitoulas". Which you did. Correctly. :yourock:
Not far from there, there are a number of streets named for the nine Muses of Greek mythology. In typical N'Awlins fashion, Calliope is "CAL-lee-ope", Terpsichore is "TURP-sick-core" -- and (though this may be an urban legend) some people say Clio as "C-L-ten"!!
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Fri May-16-08 01:34 PM
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18. And howbout FABOURG MARIGNY |
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Pronounce that infiltrators and just how is "BURGUNDY" Street pronounced? (A local kicked my ass several years ago when I mangled "Marigny.") Then we had another beer. I believe we were at Markey's on Royal.
I'm so happy I can spell Tchoupitoulas without cheating.
For extra credit, give us the correct name of Bret Favre's hometown.
We could bring them to their knees without firing a shot.
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Fri May-16-08 01:40 PM
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but they'd just recruit their spies from the 1st Cheesehead Division. :-)
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Fri May-16-08 02:33 PM
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20. But the locals pronounce it "The Kill" |
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As in, lets go down to The Kill Saturday night and watch the stop light turn colors.
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Fri May-16-08 09:50 AM
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7. It's an old Sicilian surname... |
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the emphasis is between the A and the G, not the G and the L.
Vah-glic-ah.
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Fri May-16-08 10:17 AM
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8. With a French Lick, Indiana twang? |
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Fri May-16-08 10:20 AM
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Or maybe Va Ha LEE ca?
I know "g" in spanish is pronounced "h."
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Fri May-16-08 10:30 AM
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Fri May-16-08 10:43 AM
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11. Ever hear the joke about the hard to pronounce "Kosciuszko Street" (Brooklyn)? |
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Edited on Fri May-16-08 10:44 AM by HamdenRice
In seems to date from the 1920s. Cop finds a dead horse on Kosciuszko Street. He calls in to the precinct and says to the sargeant on duty, "Sargeant, there's a dead horse on Kosceeesko ... There's a dead horse on Koskoskos.... There's a dead horse on ...."
He hangs up and drags the dead horse a block and calls in again, "Sarge, there's a dead horse on Myrtle Avenue..."
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Fri May-16-08 11:03 AM
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Fri May-16-08 11:15 AM
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14. In the old days most Brooklynites mispronounced it as ... |
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KOS-key-OS-Ko Street.
Now we done got sophisticated, many New Yorkers pronounce it more Polish, Kus-kews-ko.
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Fri May-16-08 12:28 PM
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16. There's also "Gough" street in San Francisco |
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Edited on Fri May-16-08 12:36 PM by FloridaJudy
That always gives visitors pause. Does it rhyme with "cough", "tough", "dough", "bough" or "through"? English is a weird language: it's what you get when spelling fossilizes while the language itself is still evolving.
Oh, and it rhymes with "cough".
(edited for punctuation)
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