How do you pronounce (Americans will fail)....

Isetnefret got closest it's basically like his phonetic but with an r on the end of the te.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... rshire.ogg
the 'ter' is kinda muted the way this guy says it but the local/original dialect pronounces it a lot more (I don't)

If you're Bristolian (especially if you're over the age of 25ish) the county gets mispronounced all sorts of ways because it hasn't been around for many years, used to be called Avon, but basically most people pronounce it the way you'd imagine the city above would pronounce it first time round, even though they're both wrong.

Glos-ter-sher it is.

Glos-ces-ter-shire is the most popular screw up ;p

To add to the confusion, here's a few more. All are towns in Oklahoma.


Chickasha

Eufaula

Oolagah

Miami

Gotebo

Slapout

Wewoka

We have, in Missouri:

Cairo: KAY-roh

Versailles: ver-SALES

Kearney: CAR-nee

I can't believe Louisville hasn't been mentioned yet.

Brett Favre spells his own name wrong, imo.

You know, I really think there may be something to the idea that we have odd pronunciations for place names for the express purpose of separating locals from out-of-towners.

Oklahoma has some of the worst pronunciations of cities/towns I have ever seen.

My favorite is Miami, OK.

Pronounced My-am-ma.

Dorvan wrote:You know, I really think there may be something to the idea that we have odd pronunciations for place names for the express purpose of separating locals from out-of-towners.

Ironically, they are often cities with Native American names

Vanifae wrote:Oklahoma has some of the worst pronunciations of cities/towns I have ever seen.

My favorite is Miami, OK.

Pronounced My-am-ma.

Almost all of the towns I listed are based off of Native American pronounciations. Don't blame Oklahomans, blame the Native Americans. Hell, even the word "oklahoma" is a native american word.

I blame America for stealing the Red Man's land but keeping the Red Man's names.

Too bad I couldn't find it in Flo Rida colours.

Vanifae wrote:I blame America for stealing the Red Man's land but keeping the Red Man's names.

Blame America all you want...Just don't blame the people that live here. I haven't oppressed anybody or stolen shit.

Also, congratulations for pronouncing Miami correctly.

Easy big fella...

I am as American as Jason Statham.

Is Oklahoma a red state or a blue state? LOLZ!