Pronouncing local place names! (San Antonio, San Diego: apartment, rent , work)

[munerider]

Good God, no! Don't tell me it's blank-oh..that's the color...that's like saying we should call Paris, Texas, Puh-ree, Texas...after all, the french would call it that. With that logic, we would call it Bay-HAR...like we were coughing up a fur ball. This isn't a spanish language test...it a Sanun Tonyo thang...Mexican, German, Czech, Poles, Irish, Canary...don't make this an ethnic thing. It's not only Texas...It's PURO San Antonio!

[wCat]

Originally Posted by sapphire

There's a place in Louisiana called Earth. You would think it's pretty straightforward. I mean, it should sound like the planet we all live on, no? No. They call it e-wrath.

That one is really funny! Whoever named it, didn't know how to spell, or was dyslexic...or both! How did the "r" get begfore the "ath"?

[wCat]

My daughter went to MacArthur High School. The mascot is the MacArthur Brahmas. Almost everyone out side the school pronounces the word "brah -mahs"......but they are taught on the first day of school that it is pronounced "bray-mahs"!

[millie61]

I had my sat nav set on an English accent ( I am from England) but had to change it as even I couldn't understand some of the names she pronounced !!!!

[GayleTX]

And Quanah ----- "Kwah-nah"

[case44]

Incredibly, we've gotten this far, and no one has yet mentioned Manchaca (pronounced man-shack). That's the street in southwest Austin that goes to the small community of Manchaca going outbound from U.S. 290. And there is the river in the Hill Country that's spelled Pedernales, but it's pronounced purr' duh nah' lus. That one's a real lulu.

[debdeb525]

Originally Posted by mommagirl

I was raised in San Antonio, but sadly, moved to Wichita Falls. People ask me all the time about living in San Antone, It makes me want scream!

I also want to scream when they refer to it as San Antone

[tcs]

This is great thread...
Lets not forget

San Pedro - SON PEE DROW with a slight rolling R

And who can forget the bakery announcements in H E B's talking about HOT FRESH SHERRY PIES!

I miss San Antonio!!!!

[SthrnInTX]

Originally Posted by momof2dfw

Every good Texan that takes the ritual ski trip to Colorado gets to visit these places. Take a drive up Hwy 287 from Wichita Falls to Amarillo and you will get to visit these lovely towns amoung many others:
Chillicothe
Quanah


Chillicothe - Chill a coth ee (actually had a movie set in it back in the day - now, who was in it?)

Quanah - named after the indian Quanah - Qwuahn ah

Correct pronunciation of Quanah "KWAN-uh"... but that was only his first name. His name was Quanah Parker.

Chillicothe movie? Never heard of a movie filmed there... closest I've heard of was Archer City - The Last Picture Show and Texasville were both filmed in Archer City.

The Texas Film Commission has a Texas Filmography which doesn't list any movies filmed in Chillicothe.

Edited because on re-read, the OP said "set in", not "filmed in".

[Strategizer]

Originally Posted by TexasHen

One pronunciation I'll never understand is 'Refugio'...

Hmmm, I must be pronouncing it wrong then. I pronounce it Re-fyoo'-jee-oh. Is that not it?