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Posted Sunday, January 2, 2005 at 1:21 PM

"Foolery, sir, does walk about the orb
like the sun; it shines everywhere"

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Posted Sunday, January 2, 2005 at 3:27 PM

I think Mr. HACK-son is just trying to stir people up.

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Posted Sunday, January 2, 2005 at 3:50 PM

Heights2Bastrop, on Sunday, January 2nd, 2005 @ 3:27pm, said:

I think Mr. HACK-son is just trying to stir people up.
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hehehe...I believe that would be hack-SONE.

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Posted Sunday, January 2, 2005 at 6:37 PM

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Posted Sunday, January 2, 2005 at 11:48 PM

tw2ntyse7en, on Sunday, January 2nd, 2005 @ 5:37pm, said:

This is as almost as retarded as "Umm-ble". It you didn't want the "H", waht did you add it??

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LOL I think Welcome to Umble would look pretty damn retarded....as bad as Sacul and Recklaw (yes, names of real cities in Texas).

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Posted Monday, January 3, 2005 at 6:53 AM

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Posted Monday, January 3, 2005 at 8:40 AM

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So why not pronounce it properly in the language of Cervantes?

Becuase we handed Santa Anna his own arse to him, that's why.

To the victor go the spoils....

And FWIW, it's also San Jacinto College, not Ha-SEEN-to College.

Oy Vey, and don't forget San Felipe!

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Posted Monday, January 3, 2005 at 10:56 AM

Tu-am, or Tuam, Elgin, or El-GIN

Yankee, or Yonkee...

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Posted Monday, January 3, 2005 at 3:09 PM

tw2ntyse7en, on Monday, January 3rd, 2005 @ 10:54am, said:

San Fill-ipp-ae or San Feel-ip-pee for San Felipe?
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There's also another pronounciation I've heard before, but thankfully it seems to be dying out. San Fill-EEP, similar to how some Austin residents pronounce Guadalupe "Guad-a-LOOP".

I personally prefer the Spanish pronounciations of those words. However I do usually say "Jacinto" in the Texan way because around here most people wouldn't have a clue as to where I was talking about.

MidtownCoog mentioned one that makes my skin curl when I hear it. I can't stand it when people say "Tu-am" as two syllables. I've known two people in my life with that name as a last name, and it's pronounced as one syllable. Think "TWAM" if you need help with it.

Elgin/El-GIN is debatable. I prefer the soft g sound (Elgin) to the hard g, but I hear it so often both ways I really have no clue which is considered correct.

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Posted Monday, January 3, 2005 at 3:12 PM

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Kuke-en-dale for Kuyendahl?

Never heard anyone say that before!

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Posted Monday, January 3, 2005 at 3:13 PM

^^
Hehe
Some people pronounce it "kerk-ken-doll" for some reason!

Ask not what your country can do for you, but rather, what the heck you can do for yourself!

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Posted Monday, January 3, 2005 at 3:42 PM

Is Telge pronounced "Tel-GEE"? How about Mueschke? I've heard "Mewsh-KEE" for that one.

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Posted Monday, January 3, 2005 at 4:01 PM

Telge is with a hard "g" sound.
Mueschke is the way you said it.
Kuykendahl is "kirk-en-doll".
German ancestors settled this area, hence everything German.
Theiss is "Tiess", Schindewolf, Mittlestaedt, Hildebrandt, Klein, etc.

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Posted Monday, January 3, 2005 at 4:15 PM

What about Groeschke, huh? How do you pronounce IT, Mr. Smarty Britches?

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Posted Monday, January 3, 2005 at 4:25 PM

Groeschke is "gra-skee" like "gracias" said in espanol and skee like "to ski".
BTW, you didn't mean me when you said Mr. Smarty Britches, did you? :lol:

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Posted Monday, January 3, 2005 at 5:03 PM

At one point it was generally "San Fill-uppy" but now it seems like you hear the Spanish pronunciation more. I don't think there's any real reason to conform pronunciation to whatever language originated the word. That would be like calling Paris Texas "Paree"!

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like the sun; it shines everywhere"

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Posted Monday, January 3, 2005 at 5:39 PM

or Paree, Tejas!

My favorite one out here is Haude Elementary School off Louetta.
It's pronounced "Howdy!"

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Posted Tuesday, January 4, 2005 at 8:56 AM

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Think "TWAM" if you need help with it.

That's not how I say it! It's TU-AM according to this native!

On a realted note, our Elgin (el-gin) is prnounced (eg-gen) is Vancouver, after Lord Elgin.

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Posted Tuesday, January 4, 2005 at 12:55 PM

What a fun topic....

First of all, Humble is umble because it was named after a family, not an adjective.

With it's Spanish and French influences, we are lucky in Houston to have such a wonderful bastardization of local pronunciation. If you are new to Houston, it's natural for you to use the proper pronunciation for San Jacinto, but eventually you'll get around to using the "correct" one for Houston. For those of you who would like to erase all Spanish influence from Houston (you know who you are), why don't you start calling it Saint Hayacinth instead (look up the proper translation). That said, I'll continue to use the native Houstonian San JAcinto (and San Fill-uppy) pronunciation t.y.v.m.

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Posted Tuesday, January 4, 2005 at 1:01 PM

I think one of the most unique names here is "Kickapoo Rd." in NW Harris.

Also, every time I see "Binford Rd.", I think of the TV show "Home Inprovement"...."Tool Time with Tim 'the Toolman' Taylor presented by Binford Tools"