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Old 06-14-2008, 02:09 PM
 
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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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Old 06-14-2008, 02:14 PM
 
Location: Arvada, CO
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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.
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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Old 06-14-2008, 02:56 PM
 
Location: 80904 West siiiiiide!
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I've even heard people pronounce Gunnison wrong. Like "gun-eeee-sun"
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Old 06-14-2008, 02:57 PM
 
Location: Kingman AZ
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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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Old 06-14-2008, 03:16 PM
 
Location: Arvada, CO
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I've even heard people pronounce Gunnison wrong. Like "gun-eeee-sun"
Many locals just call it Gunny.
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Old 06-14-2008, 03:38 PM
 
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Many locals just call it Gunny.
Or "Gunnyville." I'm a former Gunnison resident--many years back.
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Old 06-14-2008, 04:17 PM
 
Location: Arvada, CO
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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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Old 06-18-2008, 04:59 PM
 
Location: Arvada, CO
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Default 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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Old 06-24-2008, 07:02 AM
 
Location: NOCO
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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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Old 06-24-2008, 06:41 PM
 
Location: Denver
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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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