• ninjabard@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Texas has so many. Bogota pronounced buh-GO-duh

    Arkansas has a Lafayette county pronounced luh-FAY-it even though that county literally borders Louisiana.

    Don’t even get me started on Bowie, DeKalb, or Houston.

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      2 months ago

      I’m gonna add one I love trotting out from Oklahoma.

      There’s a Miami, Oklahoma. It’s pronounced My-am-uh.

      I’ve got about a billion from Oklahoma specifically.

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      2 months ago

      Ah yes. “Hoo-ston” and “How-ston” are definitely both things.

      “De-kab” and “De-kalb”

      Haven’t run into the Bowie one.

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        2 months ago

        In Texas it’s Boo-wee. That was the man’s name as is the knife that bears it. Outside of Texas people mispronounce it as Bow-ee like Ziggy Stardust.

        If you’re talking about David (rest in power) Bowie, then it’s Bow-ee. But the knife is Boo-wee.