Hey! I thought I was from the only "El DoRAYdo!"

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

Doesn't everyone else and his dog pronounce it "El DoRAHdo" except for the Kansas town?

[KitchenWitch]

1. OMG

I drove through there years ago and listening to the radio announcer say "El DorAYdo" about drove me crazy.

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

2. Which - the Texas town or the Kansas town?

I never did find out why we pronounced it "El DoRAYdo." Wikipedia just refers to the "distinct local pronunciation." What can I say - we're freaks! (Except for Obama's grandparents - they're not freaks.)

[KitchenWitch]

7. Kansas.

Only been to Texas once... I visited Houston on business.

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

8. You must have driven on Central Avenue

Oh, the memories. We lived a few blocks south of there, in the southwestern portion of town near Butler County Community College.

[Gormy Cuss]

3. There's another DUer from ElDoRAYdo.

;-)

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

4. She's really from Benton - or should I say "BenTONE"

Tee hee!

[Fenris]

5. What would they call this?

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

6. Probably an "El DoRADo"

For some reason they get it right for everything but the town name.

[Robb]

9. I about lost it laughing

...the first time I heard a Denverite call it Gallup-AY-go street. :D

[Oeditpus Rex]

10. The one in Arkansas

is pronounced "EldaRAYda."

:D