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RPO R6V
5/24/2017 1:19 PM
How many people in Chance-ee voted for George Boosh?
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D.A.
5/24/2017 4:41 PM
LuckySparrow wrote:expand_more
Lancaster is one that caught me off guard when I first made it to Athens

I said it as "LAN-CASS-TER" when they say it quickly almost like "LINKISTIR"
Being a Lank-astrian, I have found "Lank-Aster" as the closest phonetic explanation to how we pronounce it. Our high school hoops coach actually has shirts made up with that spelling on them, and they were a huge hit.
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Pataskala
5/25/2017 12:32 PM
Robert Fox wrote:expand_more
I used to hear Cincinnat-uh a lot, but not lately. Even had a professor at OU that insisted on that pronunciation. Like nails on a chalkboard to me.
I am not an expert on all pocket dialects that exist in the region, but nobody here that I interact with pronounces it that way and my work puts me into contact with everything from inner city to country rural, both east and north of the city and into Kentucky and Indiana.
Agree that pronunciation is not typically from Cincinnatians. I grew up outside Cincinnati and don't recall hearing it from locals. My OU Professor was not from Cincinnati. Not sure where he was from. I guess it's the same concept as pronouncing Missouri Missour-uh. Seems to be old fashioned. Don't remember the last time I heard it.
PeeWee Reese used to say Cincinnatuh, but he was from Lulvulle.
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OUcats82
5/25/2017 3:40 PM
Pataskala wrote:expand_more
I used to hear Cincinnat-uh a lot, but not lately. Even had a professor at OU that insisted on that pronunciation. Like nails on a chalkboard to me.
I am not an expert on all pocket dialects that exist in the region, but nobody here that I interact with pronounces it that way and my work puts me into contact with everything from inner city to country rural, both east and north of the city and into Kentucky and Indiana.
Agree that pronunciation is not typically from Cincinnatians. I grew up outside Cincinnati and don't recall hearing it from locals. My OU Professor was not from Cincinnati. Not sure where he was from. I guess it's the same concept as pronouncing Missouri Missour-uh. Seems to be old fashioned. Don't remember the last time I heard it.
PeeWee Reese used to say Cincinnatuh, but he was from Lulvulle.
I can only imagine the variety of butcherings you have heard for name of the town you share your moniker with.
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Pataskala
5/25/2017 4:58 PM
OUcats82 wrote:expand_more
I used to hear Cincinnat-uh a lot, but not lately. Even had a professor at OU that insisted on that pronunciation. Like nails on a chalkboard to me.
I am not an expert on all pocket dialects that exist in the region, but nobody here that I interact with pronounces it that way and my work puts me into contact with everything from inner city to country rural, both east and north of the city and into Kentucky and Indiana.
Agree that pronunciation is not typically from Cincinnatians. I grew up outside Cincinnati and don't recall hearing it from locals. My OU Professor was not from Cincinnati. Not sure where he was from. I guess it's the same concept as pronouncing Missouri Missour-uh. Seems to be old fashioned. Don't remember the last time I heard it.
PeeWee Reese used to say Cincinnatuh, but he was from Lulvulle.
I can only imagine the variety of butcherings you have heard for name of the town you share your moniker with.
Oy.
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OhioCatFan
5/25/2017 10:24 PM
Pataskala wrote:expand_more
PeeWee Reese used to say Cincinnatuh, but he was from Lulvulle.
ROTFL! Good one.
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bobcatsquared
5/25/2017 10:56 PM
Pataskala wrote:expand_more
I used to hear Cincinnat-uh a lot, but not lately. Even had a professor at OU that insisted on that pronunciation. Like nails on a chalkboard to me.
I am not an expert on all pocket dialects that exist in the region, but nobody here that I interact with pronounces it that way and my work puts me into contact with everything from inner city to country rural, both east and north of the city and into Kentucky and Indiana.
Agree that pronunciation is not typically from Cincinnatians. I grew up outside Cincinnati and don't recall hearing it from locals. My OU Professor was not from Cincinnati. Not sure where he was from. I guess it's the same concept as pronouncing Missouri Missour-uh. Seems to be old fashioned. Don't remember the last time I heard it.
PeeWee Reese used to say Cincinnatuh, but he was from Lulvulle.
I can only imagine the variety of butcherings you have heard for name of the town you share your moniker with.
Oy.

It's been around 2 decades ago now, but Pataskala made national news (before cable news) after a tornado hit the Licking County town. I think I heard 3 different pronunciations from ABC, NBC and CBS.
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OhioCatFan
5/26/2017 12:49 AM
Speaking of place names that are more often than not mispronounced on U.S. TV, I'd be rich if I had a dollar for every time I'd heard the capital city of Iceland pronounced in a way no Icelander would even recognize as being in the ball park. Since I grew up hearing Reykjavík mentioned in my home more often than Washington, D.C., I guess I can sit in the seat of the scornful on this one. For the record, the correct pronunciation is RAYK-yə-veek: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Is-Re...
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giacomo
5/26/2017 12:54 PM
Didn't the original post refer to this board as having "intelligent posters"? I wonder if he has changed his mind.
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Alan Swank
5/26/2017 3:37 PM
And of course their is squared town of Nerk (Newark).
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C Money
5/26/2017 4:26 PM
giacomo wrote:expand_more
Didn't the original post refer to this board as having "intelligent posters"? I wonder if he has changed his mind.
It's the offseason. You take what you can get.
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OhioCatFan
5/26/2017 6:05 PM
C Money wrote:expand_more
Didn't the original post refer to this board as having "intelligent posters"? I wonder if he has changed his mind.
It's the offseason. You take what you can get.
What other U.S. sports board would teach you the correct pronunciation of the capital city of Iceland? ;-)
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Lande71
5/26/2017 8:08 PM
Since the original post in this thread and thru the pronunciation game a certain poster has been absent. I like it!
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Long Train Runnin'
5/26/2017 9:01 PM
I know it's blasphemy, but there is New Athens, Ohio in Harrison County (pronounced New AY-thens, with a long A).
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OhioCatFan
5/26/2017 10:48 PM
Long Train Runnin' wrote:expand_more
I know it's blasphemy, but there is New Athens, Ohio in Harrison County (pronounced New AY-thens, with a long A).
I learned that pronunciation a decade or two ago when I traveled through the area. I found that way of pronouncing "Athens" really surprising. I've wondered if the village was founded by people who had originally settled in Athens, Ohio, and then moved north, or if it was more directly named after the city in Greece.

Well, I partially answered my own question via web search. There was a college there from 1818 to early 20th Century. Here's a little more detail about the college for those who are interested: https://tinyurl.com/y9ptj5bt . This explains the name of the village, as a seat of education, but not the strange pronunciation.
Last Edited: 5/26/2017 10:51:06 PM by OhioCatFan
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bornacatfan
5/28/2017 2:57 AM
Lande71 wrote:expand_more
Since the original post in this thread and thru the pronunciation game a certain poster has been absent. I like it!

L

I noticed the ongoing monologue seems to be gone as well.

Sorry I never quite found the time to click on any of those links to figure out what they were all about...

Ahhhh well...
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perimeterpost
5/28/2017 3:23 PM
I've been to Arrntin before, its just up the Ahia river from Porchmuth, which is in Soda County.
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