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Old 07-05-2012, 04:13 PM
 
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I lived in Houston when I was young, and was curious how Native Houstonians pronounce the following words:

1) ruin
2) our
3) tour
4) gulf
5) bayou
6) Coors Beer
7) eggs

and any other words that seem to have a Houston style of pronunciation.

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Old 07-05-2012, 05:00 PM
 
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1) ruin - pronounced "ruin"
2) our - pronounced "our"
3) tour -pronounced "tour"
4) gulf -pronounced "gulf"
5) bayou - pronounced "bayou"
6) Coors Beer -pronounced "Coors Beer"
7) eggs - pronounced "eggs"

But can anyone help me with Fuqua and Kuykendahl?
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Old 07-05-2012, 05:11 PM
 
Location: Houston, Texas
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But can anyone help me with Fuqua and Kuykendahl?

lol Few-quay and kur-kin-doll
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Old 07-05-2012, 05:14 PM
 
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Fuqua pronounced "Fuqua"
Kuykendahl pronounced "Kuykendahl"

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But can anyone help me with Fuqua and Kuykendahl?
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Old 07-05-2012, 05:37 PM
 
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Growing up in the '60s and '70s, San Felipe was pronounced "San FILLupee". Now, most seem to say "San FiLEEpay".......an improvement. Also, Tatar St. in Pasadena was pronounced "Tartar". There are "funny" / provincial pronunciations of places and things all over the country.
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Old 07-05-2012, 07:18 PM
 
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(H)umble.
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Old 07-05-2012, 08:15 PM
 
Location: Houston
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A junior-high-school spanish teacher of mine admitted that she still said "san FILLupee" and that it was OK to say it that way. But, I guess her good intentions went for naught, because I still wound up wanting to say "san fiLEEpay" :-)
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Old 07-05-2012, 08:29 PM
 
Location: Houston, TX
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I'm good with either pronunciation on San Felipe.
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Old 07-05-2012, 08:35 PM
 
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A junior-high-school spanish teacher of mine admitted that she still said "san FILLupee" and that it was OK to say it that way. But, I guess her good intentions went for naught, because I still wound up wanting to say "san fiLEEpay" :-)
I also pronounced it "San FeLEEpay", but many others........at that time.....pronounced it "San FILLupee". We could go on and on................................
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Old 07-06-2012, 08:47 AM
 
Location: Houston, TX
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For the life of me I cannot understand why the "J" in San Jacinto is pronounced rather than like "H" as it is in Spanish.
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