How many ways can you pronounce Los Angeles?

[radiojunkie2006]

I listen to Old Time Radio and the 1940s thru early 50s program "The Whistler" had the voice of Marvin Miller, the announcer, pronounce it, "Loss Angle less", still cracks me up!

[jeffredo]

Loss Ann-jell-iss. (about as phonetic as I can get). My town is Sanfrencissco (one word - lol). I'm an Anglophone - no exaggerated Spanish pronunciations.

[bigdumbgod]

Originally Posted by John23

There was an I Love Lucy episode. They were in hollywood, and she really drew it out...."Los An-gel-ees".

I've never heard it pronounced that way in real life. Where the "ees" rhymes with breeze. Maybe thats how they use to say it when LA was relatively new.

That's how Arlo Guthrie sings it in "Coming to Los Angeles"


Coming into Los Angeles
Bringin' in a couple of keys
Don't touch my bags, if you please
Mr. Customs Man

[John23]

Originally Posted by Caladium

I can remember that going in and out of style People used to do it to sound cool-in-an-ironic-way. Back in the 80s, especially. Or maybe they just wanted to sound pompous? Frasier was a hit show back then, after all. Note: You have to say with a hard G, too. And hesitate for just a second after the ANG to emphasize it.

I thought it maybe had to do with the fact that Los Angeles was relatively new. Esp compared to New York City or an east coast city.

There was sort of an irony to it? Like they couldn't figure out what Los Angeles was. So they just sort of pronounced it in this cool, "Los An-gel-eeze" way.

[wanjica_the_one]

Can't forget the Cuban pronunciation: Los Angeleh.