How does one pronounce... (Maricopa, Kaibab: transplants, neighborhood, living)

[fcorrales80]

Originally Posted by KarmaPhx

For years I called it the mongolian rim, since I wasn't sure how to prounounce it correctly.

Mow-gee-on rim, right?

LOL, that's what I called it when I was younger because it is hard to pronounce even for young Spanish speakers:

Mooh Goh Yown... the mooh is not a "moo" cow sound but a drawn out moooh.

Quesadilla...keh sah dee ya

Xavier... (english,phoenician pronunciation is how it is spelled WITH the X)

Spanish: Hav yeh d (the r makes a d sound, "deh")...the hav does not sound like "have" but haaav...long a sounds

[azdr0710]

Originally Posted by cmist

I feel like an arrogant nut saying "puh KON"

pun intended, cmist??!!

I read that even southerners normally pronounce it "puh CON"....apparently nobody, except the backwoodsiest of hicks, says "PEE can"

[azdr0710]

Originally Posted by KarmaPhx

For years I called it the mongolian rim, since I wasn't sure how to prounounce it correctly.

Mow-gee-on rim, right?

muggy-own

though I often hear the first "o" pronounced harder, the traditional local way is as I said.....

Tucsonans pronounce the local mission as simply "sanaveer"...one quick word

[cmist]

Originally Posted by azdr0710

pun intended, cmist??!!

I read that even southerners normally pronounce it "puh CON"....apparently nobody, except the backwoodsiest of hicks, says "PEE can"

LOL ya, you caught that?

I feel weird saying that word in either direction, so luckily I have very little need to say it. When I do, I try my hardest to say it fast and unclear to get past it without criticism. haha

Southerners probably have the right way since they are more likely found there in the south. Its funny because the southerners are probably pronouncing it right while others who pick on their accents for other words are saying it wrong.

"Aunt" is another one of those words. I think lots of southerners pronounce it as "ONT" which I believe is proper? But I say "ANT" and feel strange throwing proper pronunciation into an otherwise normal sentence.

[kcaz1957]

lets get back to Seligman... is it sell-ig-man, or sa-lig-man ??? as for the pecans and aunts... anybody try a dictionary? i have always said ant

[KarmaPhx]

Originally Posted by kcaz1957

lets get back to Seligman... is it sell-ig-man, or sa-lig-man ??? as for the pecans and aunts... anybody try a dictionary? i have always said ant

Take your advice, use a dictionar.

Pronounce Names - Pronounce Seligman, How to pronounce Seligman, How to pronounce the name Seligman, Pronunciation of Seligman, how to say Seligman, how to say the name Seligman

[kcaz1957]

i try to avoid calling people names, but your advice tempts me. i did look for seligman in a dictionary.. got nothing..... realizing your post was also a link, i find that i just didn't use the right dictionary... thanks for the advice, and a new dictionary

[azdr0710]

the town in Arizona is pronounced sa-LIG-man.....as for the way the rest of the world pronounces it, they can just GO TO HELL!

I go with "ant"...."ont" sounds a little pretentious to me....

[KarmaPhx]

Originally Posted by kcaz1957

i try to avoid calling people names, but your advice tempts me. i did look for seligman in a dictionary.. got nothing..... realizing your post was also a link, i find that i just didn't use the right dictionary... thanks for the advice, and a new dictionary

I wasn't trying to be an ass, I was just short with you since I was getting off the computer, hence why I didn't finish spelling out dictionary.

Apperently it's pronounced wrong on that site anyways.

[pathrunner]

This thread is funny. I once worked for a company with Seligman in the name, and it was pronounced Sull-IG-mun or Seh-LIG-mun. As for the pronunciation of the town, couldn't tell ya. Never been there!