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Not exactly named after the shallot...true. The town was named after the Charlotte River, which somehow morphed into the Shallotte River over time...one variation is from the wild shallots. True
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France is very much like the states as far as accents go. Some places might have an ever so slight "r" sound and other areas will not at all. When I lived there I met a man (born and raised French) from Mulhouse, France and other native French could not understand him with his accent. His accent was so strong, but the Mulhouse area has had changing borders for centuries and the German accent is strong in the area even though they speak French.
Le jeune in French might have a very slight "r" sound, but it would be ever so slight. The Cajun way of speaking has a more pronounced "r" sound because they speak an older version of French. Which would make sense since Lejeune was from Louisiana. Kind of like how the Amish still speak High German.
Front rounded vowels in French always sound a little rhotacized to our English-accustomed ears. But there's not really an /r/ sound in there.
I remember when I first moved to NY, being stumped as to how to pronounce Ronkonkoma. I pronounced it "RON-kon-KOME-ah". Yeah, no.
Yup, that's another one. There's a lot that are strange but I never realized until I had to talk to people on the phone who weren't from NY. I used to work in Hauppauge. When I gave my address, I wouldn't even say the name to people, I'd spell it. And they'd say "Hawp idge?". It's actually Hop-Hawg. Hop Hog. Yup. Nope, I'm not joking.
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What's the correct answer, Tinka?
There's really no stress on any syllable and like all typical NY accents, you've got that "uh" at the end. Ron-kon-ko-muh. Like Muth-uh. Fath-uh. Sist-uh.
Avent as in Avent Ferry Road: Is it AH-vent or AY-vent or something else?
Appalachian: Appal-AY-chian? Appal-AH-chian?
Raleigh: RAH-lay? RAH-lee? RAW-lay? RAW-lee?
I have been saying:
AY-vent which I think is wrong
Appal-AY-chian which is how it was pronounced where I came from
R-AW-lee which I read was the right way on the forum years ago
Just noticed this .... folks here keep starting thread with " hello all"... that sounds so wrong in my mind. Cringy... i prefer a good hey yall.
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Not for the past year or so...
