Words you didn't know how to spell (or say)

[CNGL-Leudimin]

Those slavic words without vowels, like Krk island in Croatia. Also Polish words with lots of diacritics, with the champion being ŁÃ³dź which is pronounced something like "woodge".

empanada – Like habanero above, this is said em-pah-nah-dah.  There's no ñ in there, despite many Americans saying em-pah-nyah-dah

Funnily enough, empañada is an actual word, the feminine form of "steamed up".

[TheHighwayMan3561]

I thought the "local"  way to say Louisville is "loouhville"  which I guess is closer to "loo-ee"  anyway.

[kkt]

This is English, where the rules are made up and the points don't matter.

Whose Line Is It Anyway

[kkt]

Why is Louisville in KY not said as its named? FYI in Ohio where near Canton there is a city spelled the same exact way but they say Louis over Louie as a former coworker  of mine from Canton said that people from that part of Ohio take offense at that lol!
Bogota in NJ is not the same as the capital of Columbia.  I found out later its Bog- oh- tah and not Bo-gah- tah as many say who are not from that part of NJ.

You're arguing logically, which illustrates complete misunderstanding of the nature of English.
Especially proper names.

[Roadgeekteen]

Heh.  Pin has "ih," pen has "eh."  We have different letters for reasons.

This is English, where the rules are made up and the points don't matter.

Thanks.  I've heard that before but I guess I've always assumed it was a British thing.

"i before e except after c unless that is not the case"

[US71]

TMI. people. Keep it to PG around here. We really don't need to know about your sex lives.

[jp the roadgeek]

"Tortilla" is another interesting one. Most people I know say it how it sounds, "tor-TILL-a", as opposed to the correct (Spanish) pronunciation of "tor-TEE-a".

I have never heard anyone say tor-TILL-a? Is that a midwest thing?

In Waterbury, CT, it's tor-TEE-la.


Here's a list of my heavy hitters:

Comfortable.  It is not pronounced comfter-ble.  It's comfort-a-ble
Escape. You don't ex-scape from prison
Berlin in New England:  It's BER-lin, not ber-LIN
New Haven.  It's not Newhaven
Jewelry.  It's not jewel-ah-ree. Only two syllables (my great aunt always corrected people till her dying day)
Meriden:  It's not the same as the city in Mississippi or the 0 degree longitude prime line.
Cheshire:  It's not Chee-shire.  It's Chesh-err
Hampden:  In MA, the "p" is silent.  Sounds just like the town in CT
Avon:  It's like the cosmetic company; not like the first four letters of "avenue".  Speaking of that word, is it "aven-oo" or "aven-yoo"
Quarter:  My mom always rhymes it with water.  New England thing I guess
Saturday:  My grandmother always made it sound like it was a day named after a soon to be defunct retailer (Sear-dee)
Agawam:  I almost cringed when a news reporter not familiar with the area called it Ah-GAH-wam.
Schaghticoke:  It's pronounced SCAT-i-coke.

And to be funny, my friends in college used to call each other fajitas all the time.  Except we pronounced it FAA-jita with the anglicized "j" sound.   

[allniter89]

TMI. people. Keep it to PG around here. We really don't need to know about your sex lives.

Oh darn I musta missed something good.

[Roadgeekteen]

TMI. people. Keep it to PG around here. We really don't need to know about your sex lives.

okay, but the curse words make this forum at least pg-13.

[jp the roadgeek]

TMI. people. Keep it to PG around here. We really don't need to know about your sex lives.

Oh darn I musta missed something good.

Had to do with inflicting corporal punishment on a lower order of primate.

[Roadgeekteen]

TMI. people. Keep it to PG around here. We really don't need to know about your sex lives.

Oh darn I musta missed something good.

Had to do with inflicting corporal punishment on a lower order of primate.

That's very vague.

[US71]

TMI. people. Keep it to PG around here. We really don't need to know about your sex lives.

okay, but the curse words make this forum at least pg-13.

[US71]

I am locking this until my fellow mods and I can figure out if this is worth leaving open.

[SSOWorld]

Thread's going nowhere - it will stay locked.  Please grow up people and stick to the topic.