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06-14-2008, 03:09 PM
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Curmudgeonly Colo. native
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Actually:
Pueblo - "Pee-ebb-low" As many pronounce it as "Pweb-low" as anything, though.
Buena Vista - More often than not just--"B-yoonie"
Laramie - Lived in Wyoming for years, never heard it pronounced "Larr-a-mee" once. Always "Lair-uh-mee."
Another way you can tell a Rocky Mountain native--they know the difference between "slow elk" and "fast elk." Personally, I prefer eating slow elk. 
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06-14-2008, 03:14 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jazzlover
Actually:
Pueblo - "Pee-ebb-low" As many pronounce it as "Pweb-low" as anything, though.
Buena Vista - More often than not just--"B-yoonie"
Laramie - Lived in Wyoming for years, never heard it pronounced "Larr-a-mee" once. Always "Lair-uh-mee."
Another way you can tell a Rocky Mountain native--they know the difference between "slow elk" and "fast elk." Personally, I prefer eating slow elk. |
Oh well, thats how the guys I worked for with the paving co. branch up in Laramie said it. I've heard Pueblo both ways, ending in a or o.
Here's a dead giveaway for a newbie-"We drove over Berthowd Pass today!"
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06-14-2008, 03:56 PM
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ASE Master Certified Automobile/Heavy Truck Tech
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Location: Colorado Springs 80918 yO! Dublin Represent!
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I've even heard people pronounce Gunnison wrong. Like "gun-eeee-sun"
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06-14-2008, 03:57 PM
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Certified Smart Axe:)
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having grown up in Limon many many years ago [living now in the desert] I find that MOST people from SMALL towns are from ColoradA, whereas most people that were educated in the big cities are from ColoradO
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06-14-2008, 04:16 PM
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Originally Posted by ryanek9freak
I've even heard people pronounce Gunnison wrong. Like "gun-eeee-sun"
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Many locals just call it Gunny.
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06-14-2008, 04:38 PM
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Curmudgeonly Colo. native
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sockeye
Many locals just call it Gunny.
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Or "Gunnyville." I'm a former Gunnison resident--many years back.
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06-14-2008, 05:17 PM
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Thats still a nice place-Gunny. I suppose its because it'd be too challenging for most to live there full time. I spent a lot of time there visiting buddies at WSC. It was so cold one morning the vinyl seats in my bud's old pickup shattered like egg shells when we got in.
Gonna throw some slow elk burgers on the grill tonight. Thanks, Jazz, for the idea. Looks like the wild aspergrass is done for, this season.
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06-18-2008, 05:59 PM
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An old, local weather expression
Longmonters would say "You can smell Greeley today, so it looks like we've got a shot for some snow!"
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06-24-2008, 08:02 AM
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I hear we abbreaviate every word and talk faster.
mow'uhn =mountain
cut 30% from all words
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06-24-2008, 07:41 PM
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New urban cowboy meaning for New Mexico pinstriping: the scratches on your truck or SUV (or whatever) from the overgrown junipers next to your driveway. Ouch!
Updated boot joke (and the only one I have ever remembered except a drummer joke): What's the difference between a cowboy and an engineer?
With a cowboy the sh__ is on the outside of the boots. Go Mines!
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