Language issues

[Truvelo]

I have another one for someone to have a go at:

Congressbury

Congs-bree (?)


Be well,

Bryant

Is this a guess or did you google it?

[mightyace]

Those of you who speak the Queen's English can tell me how the corresponding city in England is pronounced.

The largest city near the original Pennsylvania Dutch Country is Lancaster, PA.

IIRC We pronounced in Lan-kast-ur

Is the city in England pronounced Lank-ast-ur?

[Bryant5493]

I have another one for someone to have a go at:

Congressbury

Congs-bree (?)


Be well,

Bryant

Is this a guess or did you google it?

I cheated a bit; I wiki'd it.


Be well,

Bryant

[Truvelo]

Those of you who speak the Queen's English can tell me how the corresponding city in England is pronounced.

The largest city near the original Pennsylvania Dutch Country is Lancaster, PA.

IIRC We pronounced in Lan-kast-ur

Is the city in England pronounced Lank-ast-ur?

Most people would say Lan-kast-a

[exit322]

The Lancaster in Ohio is more Lank-is-ter with emphasis on the 'lank'

[Truvelo]

Another way of saying it is Lan-kas-ta

[PAHighways]

The largest city near the original Pennsylvania Dutch Country is Lancaster, PA.

IIRC We pronounced in Lan-kast-ur

Is the city in England pronounced Lank-ast-ur?

A friend of mine back in college who was from York, would correct me when I would call it "Lank-as-ter" and say it is pronounced "Lankas-ter."

[mightyace]

The largest city near the original Pennsylvania Dutch Country is Lancaster, PA.

IIRC We pronounced in Lan-kast-ur

Is the city in England pronounced Lank-ast-ur?

A friend of mine back in college who was from York, would correct me when I would call it "Lank-as-ter" and say it is pronounced "Lankas-ter."

Man, one place name, gazillion pronunciations and apparently I picked the most oddball one... 

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On a different vein, from my Ohio days, my church softball team played for a couple of years in Louisville, OH.

Now the locals pronounced it Lou-is-vil as opposed to the city in Kentucky which is commonly referred to as Lou-eee-vil

[Chris]

I would say "lou-eee-vil" as well.

About Indianapolis, where do you put the accent on? like "Indiana-polis" or "India-napolis"?

[mightyace]

One that really annoys me is
Lafayette St. in Nashville in which the local insist on pronouncing it LA-fay-et!  

Or the county I live in (Maury) is pronounced Mur-ri or the same as Murray.  Maury is supposedly an alternate spelling of Murray.  The funny thing is that Tennessee also as a Murray County as well as Maury County.

[aswnl]

Well, in the USA there are a lot of town-names directly taken from the old world of the immigrants. English, French, German, Spanish and Dutch townnames often all pronounced differently than the original name in the original country.

[Duke87]

Same spelling, different pronunciation... quite common between various areas even within the US. See "New urk", New Jersey versus "New aark", Delaware. Or "Hyoo-stun", Texas versus "How-stun" Street in New York.

Even locally, though, there can be differences in the pronunciation of the same thing. I've always pronounced Schermerhorn Street in Brooklyn "Sker mer horn", but some pronounce it "Sher mer horn". I've always pronounced the Van Wyck Expressway "Van Wick" (like on a candle), but it's not unheard of to hear someone say "Van Wike" (rhymes with "bike"). Everyone in my family has always pronounced Buhre Avenue in my old neighborhood in The Bronx "byoor" (and the recorded announcements on the subway concur with this), but I've heard people say "byoor-ee" and "boor-ee" as well. Supposedly the last one is the most historically correct.
And nobody here in Stamford can agree on whether Culloden Road is pronounced "Cull uh din" or "Cuh low din".

[Bryant5493]

I know I've heard New Orleans pronounced numerous ways.

1) New Oil-ins
2) New Or-leens
3) Naw-lins
4) New Or-lee-ins


Be well,

Bryant

[Chris]

I usually pronounce it "New Or-lens" (quickly), but many Dutchmen indeed say "New Orleeeeeens" like in "jeans".

The French would say "Nouvelle Orléans". There is a major city in France called Orléans, just south of Paris, maybe the name originated there.

[Dougtone]

I know I've heard New Orleans pronounced numerous ways.

1) New Oil-ins
2) New Or-leens
3) Naw-lins
4) New Or-lee-ins


Be well,

Bryant

I tend to pronounce New Orleans as "New Oar-lins".

[Dougtone]

In New York State, there are two ways to pronounce Gouverneur.  The town Gouverneur in St. Lawrence County is pronounced "guv-er-noar".  There's also a street and a few other place names in New York City that pronounces Gouverneur as "goo-ver-neer".

Gouverneur was named after the Gouverneur Morris, who was a statesman from the early days of the United States of America.

[Brandon]

I usually pronounce it "New Or-lens" (quickly), but many Dutchmen indeed say "New Orleeeeeens" like in "jeans".

The French would say "Nouvelle Orléans". There is a major city in France called Orléans, just south of Paris, maybe the name originated there.

In English it is usually "Nuh Or-lins" by the locals, IIRC.  However, the French way is very well accepted.  In fact, New Orleans was named for exactly that, Chris.