inkman Posted April 15, 2011 Report Posted April 15, 2011 What do people pronounce Philadelphia this way? Discuss.
Buffalo Wings Posted April 15, 2011 Report Posted April 15, 2011 What do people pronounce Philadelphia this way? Discuss. Even worse was ESPN's Neil Everett trying to pronounce Gaustad. ga-STAHD :thumbdown: Even Barry Melrose got it right.
carpandean Posted April 15, 2011 Report Posted April 15, 2011 Why do we from Rochester, call it Rachester? (I actually don't, but that's the stereotypical Rochester accent.)
Wraith Posted April 15, 2011 Report Posted April 15, 2011 Why do we from Rochester, call it Rachester? (I actually don't, but that's the stereotypical Rochester accent.) I know that's the stereotype, but I've never heard anyone actually say it like that.
Drunkard Posted April 15, 2011 Report Posted April 15, 2011 I live down south so you guys have nothing on this area. Some places aren't so bad but in the smaller towns around here you'll find a portion of the people talk like Boomhawer from King of the Hill. They reckon they usta could and go over yonder and things of that nature. Good old back woods yokels.
... Posted April 15, 2011 Report Posted April 15, 2011 "Chy-lie" for "Chili". That one is just stupid.
Wraith Posted April 15, 2011 Report Posted April 15, 2011 "Chy-lie" for "Chili". That one is just stupid. Agreed. I also love "Wall-kit" for "Wolcott" (As in North Rose-Wolcott). Not sure how I'm expected to know that I'm supposed to mispronounce that word when only fifty people live there.
Rip Titwide Posted April 15, 2011 Report Posted April 15, 2011 Agreed. I also love "Wall-kit" for "Wolcott" (As in North Rose-Wolcott). Not sure how I'm expected to know that I'm supposed to mispronounce that word when only fifty people live there. Holy Crap! Im from there. You've heard of it?! And no one I know expects the out of towners to say it that way. I dont say it that way but then again.... I escaped.
Wraith Posted April 15, 2011 Report Posted April 15, 2011 Holy Crap! Im from there. You've heard of it?! And no one I know expects the out of towners to say it that way. I dont say it that way but then again.... I escaped. Haha, yeah my wife's family has a cottage on Port Bay. To be fair to the locals, the only person who corrects my pronounciation of "Wolcott" is actually from Red Creek so she has no real say in the matter.
inkman Posted April 15, 2011 Author Report Posted April 15, 2011 You should be happier. The Sabres won. I'm ###### elated, I just heard the sports doosh on WGR pronounce it thus way and we can't forget K Sylvester. I just wonder if it correlates with the milk-melk, salsa-selsa thread.
inkman Posted April 15, 2011 Author Report Posted April 15, 2011 Why do we from Rochester, call it Rachester? (I actually don't, but that's the stereotypical Rochester accent.) To be fair, it's Rahchstr, with the last two syllables mashed into one.
inkman Posted April 15, 2011 Author Report Posted April 15, 2011 "Chy-lie" for "Chili". That one is just stupid. Lest we not forget Char-lot for Charlotte, Ehvon for Avon, liema for Lima...
SarasotaSabre Posted April 15, 2011 Report Posted April 15, 2011 [ Fortunately it's only one person - Unfortunately that person happens to be a broadcaster for MSG and so in a 7 game series I only have to hear him bungle PhilaDOLPHIA about 7 million times - enough already...... :thumbdown: I am really thinking about complaining to MSG that they should be embarrassed - seriously; a broadcaster who cannot pronounce a city name correctly? quote name=inkman' timestamp='1302882421' post='277824] What do people pronounce Philadelphia this way? Discuss.
carpandean Posted April 15, 2011 Report Posted April 15, 2011 To be fair, it's Rahchstr, with the last two syllables mashed into one. Yeah, I almost wrote Rach'ster, but yours is probably closer. While I don't really hear the Rah, the Roch doesn't often get a very typical nasally sound.
SDS Posted April 15, 2011 Report Posted April 15, 2011 Yeah, I almost wrote Rach'ster, but yours is probably closer. While I don't really hear the Rah, the Roch doesn't often get a very typical nasally sound. What is the alternative to "Rah"? "Row"? Rowchester?
X. Benedict Posted April 15, 2011 Report Posted April 15, 2011 What is the alternative to "Rah"? "Row"? Rowchester? I never hear Row-chest-aire ... I usually hear Raa-chess-ter
james duncan Posted April 15, 2011 Report Posted April 15, 2011 What do people pronounce Philadelphia this way? Discuss. Probably for the same reason some say, "BUF-lo" and some spell it "Sabers".
inkman Posted April 15, 2011 Author Report Posted April 15, 2011 Fortunately it's one person. Nope at least two, as I said in the OP, the sports doosh on WGR said it the same way. Maybe he & Sylvester are from the same region.
SDS Posted April 15, 2011 Report Posted April 15, 2011 I never hear Row-chest-aire ... I usually hear Raa-chess-ter after extensive analysis, I say Rah-chess-ter, but it should probably be Raw-chess-ter.
korab rules Posted April 15, 2011 Report Posted April 15, 2011 "Chy-lie" for "Chili". That one is just stupid. Ink's a Rochester guy - how do you pronounce Chili - its not like the tex mex stew, I know that much.
inkman Posted April 15, 2011 Author Report Posted April 15, 2011 Ink's a Rochester guy - how do you pronounce Chili - its not like the tex mex stew, I know that much. Am I driving through it on my way to HSBC or am I eating a bowl of it?
notwoz Posted April 15, 2011 Report Posted April 15, 2011 My wife, who writes movie-related stories for a national newspaper, was born and raised in Buffalo. Yet when she talks to film folks -- many of whom have an ear for dialect and accents -- they often ask if she's from Chicago. They usually mention her flat "A"s and nasal tones. Apparently, Buffalo speech patterns are similar to those of other parts of the "midwest". Don't know if that's a reflection of the Eastern European heritage of Buffalo and WNY or not. Personally, I've never noticed that she has an "accent." Must be because I grew up there and am used to hearing folks from WNY.
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