Favorite City Name

[un1]

Duluth, I just love the ring of that name.

[roadfro]

I always found portmaneaus cool (...)

Here's a little known one: Cal-Nev-Ari, NV (although, bigger places like Laughlin and Bullhead City are closer to the actual tip of the three states).

[bugo]

Texarkana sounds darn good to me.

How do you pronounce "Texarkana" in your part of the country?  I've always heard "TEX er KAN uh" from locals but outsiders often say "TEX ARE KAN uh".

[bugo]

How about Fifty-Six, AR? or Number Nine, AR?

Or Ink, or Blue Ball.

There are several nearby towns and counties with interesting Indian names:
Owasso (Osage)
Okmulgee (Creek)
Okfuskee (Creek)
Okemah (Kickapoo)
Muskogee (Creek)
Tahlequah (Cherokee)
Skiatook (Cherokee and/or Osage)
and my favorite, Oologah (Cherokee).

An oddity is the town of Miami, which is pronounced "mi AM uh," quite unlike the way the city in Florida is pronounced.

[tdindy88]

Indiana is full of them, among the perennal favorites: Bean Blossom, Gnaw Bone, and Santa Claus. You can go to Peru, Chile, and Mexico all in the same county. I've always had fun with the song "Kokomo", which since the city is located north of Indianapolis, I can say that I'm going "up" to Kokomo instead of down like in the song. Of course, in South Bend, you can go down to Kokomo.

[yanksfan6129]

Cheektowaga, NY (near Buffalo) I think is pretty awesome.

[Greybear]

How do you pronounce "Texarkana" in your part of the country?  I've always heard "TEX er KAN uh" from locals but outsiders often say "TEX ARE KAN uh".

It can be pronounced either way. I usually pronounce it "TEX er KAN uh".  Guess that's part of being a Southern boy. LOL

[bugo]

How do you pronounce "Texarkana" in your part of the country?  I've always heard "TEX er KAN uh" from locals but outsiders often say "TEX ARE KAN uh".

It can be pronounced either way. I usually pronounce it "TEX er KAN uh".  Guess that's part of being a Southern boy. LOL

I believe the way you pronounce it is correct.  As a native of western AR, that's the way I pronounce it as well.

[cjk374]

Don't forget beautiful downtown Toad Suck, AR. (yes--it's REAL!!)   Some others that come 2 mind:

Waterproof, LA (located next to a levee on the MS river! )
Pointe a la Hache, LA (just fun to say)
Plain Dealing, LA
Zee, LA
New Roads, LA (something we need more of)

[Chris]

How about this:

[yanksfan6129]

^The long name isn't actually the name of a city, but from what I've read, it is one of the longest place names in the English language (or rather, using the latin alphabet). I think the longest is some hill in New Zealand.

I think the longest city name is Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, in Wales.

[rawr apples]

^ that hurts my head just thinking about it

[Chris]

This is the full name of Bangkok, Thailand:

Krung-dēvamahānagara amararatanakosindra mahindrayudhyā mahātilakabhava navaratanarājadhānī purīramya utamarājanivēsana mahāsthāna amaravimāna avatārasthitya shakrasdattiya vishnukarmaprasiddhi.

[allniter89]

Little Heaven, Delaware http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=Little+Heaven&state=DE I lived at the southeast corner of 2nd & Oak St,  aaahhh yea, good times!!

[BigMattFromTexas]

i say "TEX ARE KAN uh" cause you don't pronounce it "ER-KANSAS"
BigMatt

[Terry Shea]

i say "TEX ARE KAN uh" cause you don't pronounce it "ER-KANSAS"
BigMatt

Then again, why is Arkansas pronounced ar-kan-saw?

[rawmustard]

Then again, why is Arkansas pronounced ar-kan-saw?

By resolution, it was to be pronounced differently than Kansas (at least according to what I saw in a Final Jeopardy! clue one time).

[Roadgeek Adam]

Truth or Consequences, NM

[agentsteel53]

I've always liked Natchitoches and Nacogdoches.

that said, never been a big fan of Pensacola and Pascagoula, because they appear on the same green sign at the end of I-65, going in opposite directions, and if someone is approaching that sign at 60mph, and is not familiar with either place, they may not be able to make the correct decision in time.  Why they don't just put "New Orleans" in the "Pascagoula" direction, I will never know.

[exit322]

Yeah - Upper Sandusky is upriver on the Sandusky River.  The river dumps into the Sandusky Bay.

[mightyace]

From my current state of residence:

Bell Buckle, TN (home of the Moon Pie)
Hohenwald, TN (sounds almost like Hole-in-the-Wall  )
Grinders Switch, TN (Minnie Pearl's "Hometown" - but not Sarah Cannon's)
Amqui, TN
Frankenwing, TN

[agentsteel53]

oh yes, there is Pie Town in NM.  Mmm... pie.

[mightyace]

^^^

That reminds me, Hershey, PA! 

[Bryant5493]

that said, never been a big fan of Pensacola and Pascagoula, because they appear on the same green sign at the end of I-65, going in opposite directions, and if someone is approaching that sign at 60mph, and is not familiar with either place, they may not be able to make the correct decision in time.  Why they don't just put "New Orleans" in the "Pascagoula" direction, I will never know.

The last time I went down I-65, at its southern terminus at I-10, the control "cities" were listed as being "Florida" and "Mississippi"; but "Pensacola" (I-10 East) and "New Orleans" (I-10 West) would be more prudent.


Be well,

Bryant

[Crewdawg]

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