Why some people say "Preskit?" (Scottsdale, Prescott: house, theater)

[johnp292]

Originally Posted by Frocio

Neither is correct. It's "PRESS' kit". It's my last name. I ought to know.

Well if you read the read, you'd know it's my last name too, and I pronounce it press-Scott.

[Frocio]

Originally Posted by Desert_SW_77

I grew up near a town called Swampscott in Massachusetts. A lot of the locals pronounced it "Swamp-skit". Perhaps its just the kind of lingo that is picked up on in the same way the city in Ohio is pronounced "Cleve-lind" instead of "Cleve-land"

Swampscott is thirty miles north of where I write this.

The correct pronunciation is "SWAMP' SCOTT" equal emphasis BOTH SYLLABLES. This "SWAMP' skit" bunk is hooey.

[Frocio]

Originally Posted by johnp292

Well if you read the read, you'd know it's my last name too, and I pronounce it press-Scott.

And you ADMIT to it? Pity.

En route to Arizona, something went awry then. You're mistaken. I have relatives in England (from whence the name hails) and if they heard you pronounce "Prescott" as you do, they'd roar with laughter.

I'd be willing to make book on the fact that your Great Grandfather didn't pronounce Prescott as you do.

My dentist is named Dr. "Truscott" and I've always called him "Dr. "TRUS' kit". Last time I was there and I greeted him, he said you're one of two of my patients who pronounce my name correctly. I said "why don't you correct them?" He said, "I just got tired of it, but thank you and please always continue to say it as you do". I grew up saying it properly as you do now.

I'm sure a generation or so ago, your surname was pronounced properly: "PRES' kit". Ask a relative from an earlier generation. For my area of expertise is linguistics and you're mispronouncing your last name my friend.

If you want to be wrong, that's up to you. God knows no one will be the wiser. But you are and therein lies the shame of it.

[Frocio]

Originally Posted by new2colo

Being an "old timer" has nothing to do with it. I'm a transplants who pronounces it "Press-kit" and I have a coworker who is a native Arizonan who refuses to pronounce it any other way but "Press-cot."

You're correct, the "native" is incorrect... no matter how long these Prescotts have been in Arizona.
It's like saying "supposably" for "supposedly". It's "just wrong".

[BriansPerspective]

Originally Posted by Frocio

En route to Arizona, something went awry then. You're mistaken. I have relatives in England (from whence the name hails) and if they heard you pronounce "Prescott" as you do, they'd roar with laughter.

Well, the Brits do not know how to speak American. E.g., they say, "Please pass me the worse'-ter-sher sauce instead of the war-chest'-er-shire sauce.

[Champ le monstre du lac]

Originally Posted by Frocio

Swampscott is thirty miles north of where I write this.

The correct pronunciation is "SWAMP' SCOTT" equal emphasis BOTH SYLLABLES. This "SWAMP' skit" bunk is hooey.

I never said they were saying it correctly, but 30 miles of north of you many North Shore locals are pronouncing it like that.

[Amazonia]

Gee, what about Oregon vs. Oregun? If you say Oregon, you are instantly identified as an outsider, untraveled and rather clueless (in an amusing way). Their visitor's bureau 'trains' tourists how to say it with signs like "Welcome to Orygun".

Both Oregun and Preskitt are easier to say and human nature is to seek efficiency. Or, it can be started as easily as someone who is not a phonetic reader pronouncing something differently, and it being adopted.

[Champ le monstre du lac]

Originally Posted by Amazonia

Gee, what about Oregon vs. Oregun? If you say Oregon, you are instantly identified as an outsider, untraveled and rather clueless (in an amusing way). Their visitor's bureau 'trains' tourists how to say it with signs like "Welcome to Orygun".

Both Oregun and Preskitt are easier to say and human nature is to seek efficiency. Or, it can be started as easily as someone who is not a phonetic reader pronouncing something differently, and it being adopted.

Call it Ore-gone and they'll tell you Oregon didn't go anywhere.

[azdr0710]

Originally Posted by Amazonia

Both Oregun and Preskitt are easier to say and human nature is to seek efficiency.

best reason yet....there you have it....this should've been in post #2!!....

[KurtAZ]

Originally Posted by BriansPerspective

Well, the Brits do not know how to speak American. E.g., they say, "Please pass me the worse'-ter-sher sauce instead of the war-chest'-er-shire sauce.

Uhm...it's "wus tuh sher" sauce