Texas pronunciation guide

[TXBlkCld]

I live in Aubrey
AU-bree
Not Arb-ree

What about Alvord
AL-vor-d
Not AL-void

[Mastro]

This thread is great. :-)

Being a transplanted Yankee I had to put a similar pronunciation guide together for my family and I.

For example:

Pecan
Yankee: Pea Can(ryhmes with Ran)
Texan: Pa Kahn. A pea can is something you take with you in the deer stand...

Tournament
Yankee: Toor na ment
Texan: Ter ni mint

To throw something in the trash
Yankee: Chuck it
Texan: Chunk it

BBQ
Yankee: a verb, something you do. the cooking of meat on a gas or charcoal grill. Example - I'm going to BBQ some burgers and hotdogs for dinner tonight.
Texan: a noun, a type of food (like chinese food, italian, mexican, etc..)

Yankee
Yankee: The most famous baseball team in the history of the sport or what people from Europe and Australia call Americans.
Texan: anyone from anywhere north of the Red River. LOL

Gun
Yankee: Dangerous, should be highly regulated, not a right to own but a privilege.
Texan: a constitutional right that should never be infringed upon.

Man I love this state. As the saying goes, I'm not a native Texan but I got here as fast as I can.

Sorry for the thread hijack.

[k9trainer]

how bout D'hanis

[Chew]

Pasadena = Stinkadena or PasagetdownDena

[Draco]

Pedernales=Pert na les

[JGreen31]

Clute- ka loot

'ol tale is that an Indian stopped off by Oyster creek to take a poop and when it hit the water, it made a "ka loot" sound.... Hence the name of the town!!!!

[Skinny]

I live in Aubrey
AU-bree
Not Arb-ree

What about Alvord
AL-vor-d
Not AL-void

Or not AL-verd


Skinny

[salth2o]

How about Cooper? Not sure about how to spell it out but try to say this fast...Cup-er.

That is my hometown!

The proper pronunciation is to say Cooper like you would say cooker. 'cept replace the k w/ a p.

[TXBlkCld]

or just Angelo

Agreed. ^^^. Saying the "San" is just a waste of oxygen.

Yankee
Yankee: what people from Europe and Australia call Americans.
Texan: anyone from anywhere north of Dallas. LOL

Them's fightin words right there. I live just north of Dallas and I danged sure aint no Yankee. That northern border is called the red river. Get your geography right. And for the record, most folks in Dallas are imports and we'd be just as content for them to go right back where they came from.

[Mastro]

Agreed. ^^^. Saying the "San" is just a waste of oxygen.


Them's fightin words right there. I live just north of Dallas and I danged sure aint no Yankee. That northern border is called the red river. Get your geography right. And for the record, most folks in Dallas are imports and we'd be just as content for them to go right back where they came from.

Point taken - Fixed it

[100%TtId]

Italy is IT lee

[76truck]

Cibolo

I hear this often ... si-bow-low
It is sib-a-low... Say it fast and now ya got it.

[Burrito]

Karnes City - when we were little we thought it was corn city. We would go see Paw paw at his farm in "corn city". My cousin still pronounces it this way.

[Redlegwar]

De Bala De Plata = The Silver Bullet

[Sleepy]

Riviera

Ri-Vera or as the locals say it, Ri-Veda

not Ri-vi-era