[Dixielandjazz] Pronunciation of "Biloxi"

[Larry Walton Entertainment]

All localities have strange pronunciations for names such as Cairo Illinois
comes out kA-row with a hard A. Kind of like Karo Syrup.  Then there is
Nevada MO which comes out  ne-vA-da with a hard A again then there is New
Berlin Illinois pronounced Burl-un.  Then there is good old St. Louie from
the song  and who knows if Missouri is pronounced with an ah or ee on the
end. Then there is Louisville KY. I'm sure there are hundreds of them.

Let's face it we all don't speak the same language.  I went into a chicken
place in Biloxi a couple of years ago and the young lady behind the counter
and I just couldn't communicate although she was speaking something close to
English.

Larry Walton
St. Louie or St. Louis  or Missouree or Misourah
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Craig I. Johnson" <civanj at adelphia.net>
To: <dick_miller at pmug.org>
Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Monday, September 05, 2005 8:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Pronunciation of "Biloxi"


Dick,
When I was in the US Navy in Pensacola back in the 50's
we stopped in to Bil-UX- I for buckets of shrimp on our way to
New Orleans. What you're hearing on TV is correct pronunciation as far
as the locals are concerned.
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If you think that is weird,  try the river that divides Maine from New
Hampshire.
Spelled Piscataqua it is pronounced locally as Pis-cat-uh-kway - accent on
syllables 2 and 4
not to be confused with
Chatauqua in New York State which is pronounced Shuh-tawk-wah - accent on
2nd syllable.

And only the British and local New Englanders know how to pronounce
Leicester, Worcester, Haverhill and Hingham in Massachusetts.
(but Framingham (Frame-ing-ham) Mass.  is the exception to even that set.)
Craig Johnson
The Maine Street Paraders
On 9/5/2005 8:35:55 PM, dick_miller at pmug.org wrote:
> Listmates:
>
> I'm sure that someone(s) on this list can give me an accurate and
> knowledgeable answer to this minor puzzlement:
>
> On the news on TV, I've
> heard reporters time and again pronounce the name
> of the city in Mississippi as bill LUX see, and I always thought it was
> pronounced bill LOX see. Which is correct?
>
> I'm aware of the existence of local pronunciation variations, having grown
> up in New York where the street in Greenwich Village is HOW ston, not HEW
> ston. :-)
>
> TIA.
>
> --Dick Miller
>
>
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