Texas pronunciation guide

[Geezy Rider]

Can't believe that nobody has mentioned Bexar county. Pronounced "Bear" county.

[Ultrakarl]

New Ulm

New ULL M

ULM is two syllables

[Roy]

Pleasanton- Pleh-din-ton

[Smart]

Waxahachie - Wocks a hatch e

Waxahachie - WALKS a hatch ee

Indian for Cow Creek

So who is right here?.. I have always pronounced it like saltH20....

Pleasanton- Pleh-din-ton

[Tubby]

So who is right here?.. I have always pronounced it like saltH20....

I've heard it prounounced: wax-ah-hatch-ey and wocks-ah-hatch-ey

[xman59]

Kountze = Koonce

many years ago bob barker called it.... count zee!


beaumont... bore mont!

[The Crippler]

Real = Ree-al

[kfd82]

Any place I cant pronounce = "Over Yonder"

[kfd82]

Never knew this one was a problem until I heard a friends dad mess it up 5 or 6 times.

Salado = suh-lay-do
he kept saying salad-oh

I've heard people say Salad-oh just kidding around, but this guy was dead serious.

[Jaybo31]

Pleasanton- Pleh-din-ton

Hair lip

[Roy]

Trust me-I'm doing the same with a BUNCH of these names!

[hopco.boy]

East or West Tawakoni

Ta wak' uh-nee

And good luck findin anyone down there with all their teeth in their head.

[hopco.boy]

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

I say coooper. Just to tickem off. They get all bent out of shape of you pronounce it wrong. I can't even explain how they say it.

[hopco.boy]

Mineral Wells = meth capitol of Texas

Trailboss

I highly beg to differ. You must not have been to lake tawakoni/quinlan.

[Jaybo31]

I highly beg to differ. You must not have been to lake tawakoni/quinlan.

Or east Montgomery county