Can You Pronounce These Street Names?
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Answer me this: if most broadcasters come from the Midwest because they don't have an accent, then why do we have such a hard time pronouncing St. Louis street names, and even our own state's name? This burning question may not have been answered when we headed to the St. Patrick's Day parade equi Check out the full story.
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DwightWannabe 503 Days agoDo you mean "correct" pronunciation as in St. Louis thinks it's the correct pronunciation? Or do you mean "correct" as in an educated person from anywhere else in the world thinks it's the correct pronunciation?
Gravois is NOT really pronounced "GRAV-VOYCE". Gratoit isn't pronounced the way it's presented either (Think Grah-TWAH).
On the west side of Columbia MO runs the Aux Vasse (Oh VAH) river. All the locals called it the "Ox Vassey."
Sigh. Whatterya gonna do? When in Hoosier Rome...
- It rocks!
- Its just stupid.
- Its SPAM.
- Its offensive.
- Nevermind.
MelodyMeiners 503 Days ago- It rocks!
- Its just stupid.
- Its SPAM.
- Its offensive.
- Nevermind.
SandyShores 502 Days ago- It rocks!
- Its just stupid.
- Its SPAM.
- Its offensive.
- Nevermind.
DwightWannabe 502 Days agoI complicitly mispronounce Koch "Coke" and Spoede "Spade-dee". I even pronounce the epenthis "t" at the end of "Caron-do-LETT," for some reason.
But I do shake my head when my fellow denizens of the 'Lou say "Quiver River," instead of "Quee-vra River"
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