It's NOT Poe-way.. It's POW-ayyyyyy

[SoCalDem]

Geez Louise..one would think that tv people would at least be coached in the proper pronunciation of the cities they are planning to mention over and over and over and over..

Are there NO californicators working for CNN these days ?

[Fridays Child]

1. Ka-POW!

[Duer 157099]

2. Your standards are way too high

I settle for when I hear "nuclear" pronounced correctly these days.

[frylock]

3. fortunately, the fires never reached temma-queuelah

[SoCalDem]

13. I think George could actually pronounce this city name

[pinto]

4. LOL. And it's not 'san looie', it's san luis, obispo.

San Luis Obispo de Telosa, aka, St. Luis, Bishop of Telosa.

But hey, we call Higuera Street, hi-gerra, not properly he-guera... :hi:

[bridgit]

6. you mean it's not San Josie & The Pussycats!?!?

:cry:

[pinto]

14. and what's up with Calle Joaquin?

Probably one of the tougher ones...:evilgrin:

[SoCalDem]

16. My kids always loved the Francisquito exit

They called it the Frankie Mosquito exit

[Oeditpus Rex]

22. Is not

It's Ess Ell Oh. :P

[bridgit]

5. oh i know, isn't that precious...

:sarcasm:

[madinmaryland]

7. WTF is a powee?

Is that somewhere in Connecticut or Massachusetts?

[havocmom]

31. Similar to a right upper cut, but delivered by Batman or Robin

:evilgrin:

[Kajsa]

8. LOL- ya mean to tell me

I don't live in Cuusta Mesa?

:rofl:

[mitchtv]

9. ask Tom in Tyburen

or the folks in SallyAndro

[Kajsa]

15. LOL!

Requirement for reporting news from CA,
know Spanish pronunciations.

:D :hi:

[SoCalDem]

17. at the very least they could watch a little of the local tv coverage

to get the names a little closer to correct

[Oeditpus Rex]

24. Seems like they've all got one Hispanic reporter

who reads the story utterly accent-free — until he or she gets to the toss-back.

"The council will vote on the measure next Tuesday. En San Jósé, Rrrrigo Chacón, KNTV 11 News."

:)

[Kajsa]

25. I know, ;-)--

I just love it when they get to the Spanish names.

:D

[havocmom]

11. TV announcers should be glad there are no fire in Pt. Hueneme

;)

[SoCalDem]

12. Amen.. I cringe when they say La Jol-lah (It's la hoy-a.. pronunciation-wise_

I bet they would be miffed if people started calling their city Ate-lanta :)

[begin_within]

34. The reporters are lucky they don't have to pronounce La Jolla, El Cajon and Japatul Valley.

[Kajsa]

18. Oh, they could never get that one.

The 'H' throws 'em everytime.

[SoCalDem]

19. I heard a guy say Point MOO-goo for Pt Mugu

It's MUH-goo

We Californiacs like to watch people try to say the names :)

[Kajsa]

20. Moo-goo?

Oh that's the best one!

:rofl:

yes, they are fun to watch.
:D

[SoCalDem]

21. Here's something you'll enjoy..

http://www.floydpinkerton.net/fun/citynames.html

Weird city/town names

Aces of Diamonds, Florida
Fearnot, Pennsylvania
Normal, Illinois
Assawoman, Virginia
Fifty-Six, Arkansas
Odd, West Virginia
Bald Head, Maine
Forks of Salmon, California
Ogle, Kentucky
Beetown, Wisconsin
Fort Dick, California
Okay, Oklahoma
Belcher, New York
Frankenstein, Missouri
Panic, Pennsylvania
Ben Hur, Texas
Footville, Wisconsin
Peculiar, Missouri
Big Foot, Illinois
Gaylordsville, Connecticut
Plain City, Utah
Big Sandy, Wyoming
Gay Mills, Wisconsin
Porkey, Pennsylvanania
Blueballs, Pennsylvania
Gun Barrel City, Texas
Quiggleville, Pennsylvania
Boring, Maryland
Hell, Michigan
Rambo Riviera, Arkansas
Boring, Oregon
Hicksville, Ohio
River Styx, Ohio
Buddha, Indiana
Hooker, Arkansas
Roachtown, Illinois
Chestnut, Illinois
Hooker, Oklahoma
Romance, Arkansas
Chicken, Alaska
Hornytown, North Carolina
Rough and Ready, California
Chocalate Bayou, Texas
Hot Coffee, Mississippi
Sand Draw, Wyoming
Chugwater, Wyoming
Hot Water, Mississippi
Sandwich, Illinois
Climax, North Carolina
Intercourse, Pennsylvania
Smackover, Arkansas
Climax, Pennsylvania
It, Mississippi
Spread Eagle, Wisconsin
Climax, Saskatchewan
Jupiter, Florida
Toad Suck, Arkansas
Cold Foot, Alaska
Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina
Umpire, Arkansas
Cold Water, Mississippi
King Arthur's Court, Michigan
Uncertain, Texas
Cut-Off, Louisiana
Koopa, Colorado
Yazoo, Mississippi
Dickeyville, Wisconsin
Lawyersville, New York
Yeehaw Junction, Florida
Ding Dong, Texas
Lollipop, Texas
Disco, Tennessee
Love Ladies, New Jersey
Dismal, Tennessee
Magazine, Arkansas
Dry Fork, Wyoming
Mars, Pennsylvania
Eclectic, Alabama
Monkey's Elbow, Kentucky
Eek, Alaska
Muck City, Alabama
Embarrass, Minnesota
No Name, Colorado


Do you know of (or live) in a city that has a weird name? Please Email me and I'll add it to the list!

Here are some names that have been Emailed to me:

Richard wrote:
Monkey's Elbow is actually Monkey's Eyebrow Kentucky. Here's a few others for you:

# Booger Holler, Arkansas
# Bucksnort, Tennessee
# Rudeville, New Jersey
# Frog Suck, Wyoming


Jess wrote:

# Hasty, Colorado
# Last Chance, Colorado
# Kalamazoo, California


RBillrob wrote:

# Joe, Montana (I like that one)
# Slapout Alabama


Jan wrote:

# Fruitland, OR
# Drain OR
# Wagontire, OR
# Fossil, OR


Gardenwife (from Licking County, Ohio) sent this one in:
Friendship, Ohio
Pee Pee Creek - Not a town, exactly, but hey. Right up the road is the Pee Pee Gas Station; think it's recycled fuel?

Ohio is also home to a state park my dogs want us to visit someday:



hardik333 wrote in:
# Ship Bottom NJ

Benedict sent:
# Hell Arkansas (How did I forget that one??)

Sherrill sent these in:
# Lizard Lick, North Carolina
# Deep Gap, North Carolina
# Cheesequake, New Jersey

atvman sent:
# Looneyville Texas
# Weeping Mary Texas
# Red Lion New Jersey
# Double Trouble New Jersey

Aimée wrote:
# Dry Prong, Louisiana
# Dime Box, Texas

[Kajsa]

23. Oh these are great!

Rough and Ready, CA?

Wow :wow:

Thanks for the great list.

If I find any good names,I'll be sure to send them to you.

:hi:

[SoCalDem]

26. OMG.. here's a list of international names.. some are x-rated

http://www.dribbleglass.com/Jokes/town-names3.htm

[Kajsa]

27. Oh my !

These are hilarious!

:rofl:

Thanks!

:D

[havocmom]

30. Please add to your list: Two Dot, MT

I'm series!!11!!!!!

[Lydia Leftcoast]

44. Sleepy Eye, Minnesota

Irrigon, Oregon
Twisp, Washington
Ten Sleep, Wyoming
Beach, North Dakota (You drive across North Dakota on I-94, and you keep seeing signs that say "Beach, xx miles." Well, there's nothing to be seen in any direction but grass and rocks, so you wonder if there's an artificial lake somewhere. There is, but Beach isn't on it. Beach is not on any body of water.)
Bone Trail, North Dakota

[Sukie1941]

45. A couple more in Oregon

Sublimity OR
Zigzag OR

[krispos42]

50. Nemo, South Dakota

Tiny village in the Black Hills

You wanna find Nemo, that there is the only place on the globe you can go do.

[havocmom]

32. Yes, and he had some gai pan on his tie at the time

:D

[havocmom]

28. Was worried the fire outside Filmore might turn to the Oh-Hi! valley

Was waiting for Ojai to be massacred by some talking head ;)

[Kajsa]

47. Like maybe,

O-Jay?

Oh yeah, I've heard that one!

;-)

[begin_within]

33. You mean Point Whoneedsme?

[havocmom]

48. Nah, Whyneedme

;)

[Catchawave]

39. My two boys were born there, they still

think they're from Hawaii :rofl:

Port Why-knee-me would have to go on the teleprompters!

[SoCalDem]

40. We lived in Michigan City, INDIANA for 7 years and my mother

constantly told people we lived in MICHIGAN :)

[ellisonz]

10. Yeah, and it's not L.A.

It's El Pueblo de Nuestra la Reina de Los Angeles de Pornicula

[begin_within]

29. They kept saying "Poe-way" on CNN today. They have also been saying "Es-con-dee-doh"

Which is not what we say here. Everyone in the county says, "Es-cun-dee-doh." Between the c and the n is either a short u sound or a schwa sound.

[begin_within]

35. Oh, and anyone caught pronouncing it "Horno Fire" instead of "or-no fire" will be escorted away.

The H is silent.

[Evergreen Emerald]

36. THank you!

I did not know how much longer my TV was going to be intact!

[karlrschneider]

37. I will give odds you can't pronounce the name of a town just north of here:

Miami, Oklahoma

[SoCalDem]

38. I would guess My- am-a

:)

[karlrschneider]

41. Well...shit.

:P

[SoCalDem]

42. I'm a Kansan.. We call a river there, the arKANSAS river

:)

[Sukie1941]

43. I didn't see

Truth or Consequences, NM

[karlrschneider]

46. Yep. I noticed.

:rofl:

[OxQQme]

49. Weed

[krispos42]

51. It's not ed-INA, it's e-DINA

Edina, Minnesota. I was pronouncing it the first way for a while. It was, naturally, wrong.