Guest Plastic Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 In the area south of Downtown Midtow there is a street. It's spelled Tuam, only question is how to pronounce it.I always hear people and radio traffic ppl pronounce Two-am. But that doesn't looke like how it's pronounced. I think Twamrhymes with bomb. It sounds Vietnemese-Asian. THat wouldn't be a surprice cause midtown is our other Little Saigon a place for vietnemese culture. At that wasn't there some famous HOustonian who was virtnemesenamed Tuam?Don't tell the locals ,they might get pissed. For years they were mispronouncing Fugua.Almeda-Genoa,and Kuhkendahl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 unless it's of irish origin:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HtownWxBoy Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 unless it's of irish origin:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuam So is it "twam" or "choom"?? I have always said "twam". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmariar Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 I usually have an opinion on local pronunciations, but not when it comes to Tuam. I've heard it too many different ways, even from old-timers. But see the opinions re Tuam expressed in this earlier HAIF thread.Apparently, the Irish pronunciation of Tuam ends up sounding like "choom" - but I've never heard anyone say that here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 Don't tell the locals ,they might get pissed. For years they were mispronouncing Fugua.Almeda-Genoa,and Kuhkendahl.Considering Tuam Street was named for Dick Dowling's birthplace, and that Dowling was a Confederate War hero, I doubt the "locals" would get pissed.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_W._DowlingThey'd probably be more pissed that you thought it was Vietnamese. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 They'd probably be more pissed that you thought it was Vietnamese.i know a Vietnamese guy named Tuan (pronounced twan), so i can forgive Plastic's confusion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 The guys are Metro Traffic always told me it's pronounced "Two-am." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstonmacbro Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 In the area south of Downtown Midtow there is a street. It's spelled Tuam, only question is how to pronounce it.I always hear people and radio traffic ppl pronounce Two-am. But that doesn't looke like how it's pronounced. I think Twamrhymes with bomb. It sounds Vietnemese-Asian. THat wouldn't be a surprice cause midtown is our other Little Saigon a place for vietnemese culture. At that wasn't there some famous HOustonian who was virtnemesenamed Tuam?Don't tell the locals ,they might get pissed. For years they were mispronouncing Fugua.Almeda-Genoa,and Kuhkendahl.TWO-am Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLWM8609 Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 How do y'all pronounce "Chartres"? What's also funny is hearing non-locals try to pronounce "Tierwester", for some reason, that one gets them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 How do y'all pronounce "Chartres"? What's also funny is hearing non-locals try to pronounce "Tierwester", for some reason, that one gets them.not like they do in nola. i hear it as written. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmariar Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 How do y'all pronounce "Chartres"?In Houston, I've always heard CHAR-triss or, sometimes, SHAR-triss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo1976 Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 The guys are Metro Traffic always told me it's pronounced "Two-am."Learn something new every day. I was pronouncing it "Two-ahm."Reminds me of time someone said Elgin Ave. was pronounced Elk-in. Can't remember where I heard that, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Marty Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 In the 1980's the reporters called it Twon kinda like Tron but now they say Tu am because they are not from the Astrodome City Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brucesw Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 In broadcasting circles the debate used to be two-am or two-um. The latter tends to be heard as just two and seems to have fallen out of usage. I've never heard choom. The street name was applied long before there were any Vietnamese in Houston.When I was in Austin I was amazed to hear the name of the Central Texas town Elgin pronounced with a hard g. I almost corrected a fellow announcer until I realized he'd spent his whole life there and probably knew local usage better than me. I always understood the Houston street name is pronounced with a soft g.I always thought it was shar-trez or char-trez! San Fillipy is fine with me and used to be the standard pronounciation I think.Should it be bee soh nay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstonmacbro Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 In broadcasting circles the debate used to be two-am or two-um. The latter tends to be heard as just two and seems to have fallen out of usage. I've never heard choom. The street name was applied long before there were any Vietnamese in Houston.When I was in Austin I was amazed to hear the name of the Central Texas town Elgin pronounced with a hard g. I almost corrected a fellow announcer until I realized he'd spent his whole life there and probably knew local usage better than me. I always understood the Houston street name is pronounced with a soft g.I always thought it was shar-trez or char-trez! San Fillipy is fine with me and used to be the standard pronounciation I think.Should it be bee soh nay?Abominations all. San Fill-EEE-PAY and Biss-ah-net.Oh yeah and it's El-gin (like the kind you drink). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDeb Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 How do y'all pronounce "Chartres"?shart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmariar Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Abominations all. San Fill-EEE-PAY and Biss-ah-net.Oh yeah and it's El-gin (like the kind you drink).Agree with each but San Felipe. Growing up, I only heard San FILL-ippee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstonmacbro Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Agree with each but San Felipe. Growing up, I only heard San FILL-ippee.Well that's because we're in Tejas! Everything is strange and unusual here.Thought you knew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 in houston, the pronunciations are: sayen juh-sin-toe sayen phillip-pee char-turs too-am Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeebus Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 shart.lol... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 ooh...to add to the french mix:reveille = revel-lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 too-amsan fuh-LEE-payHad a friend who insisted on calling Genesee Street je-NEE-see instead of JENN-uh-see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmariar Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 in houston, the pronunciations are:sayen juh-sin-toe sayen phillip-pee char-turs too-am Chartres - Now that you mention it, I've also heard "charters" for "chartres" pretty frequently here (along with chartriss and shartriss). "Shart" I've only heard in Louisiana. San Felipe - Up until now, I don't think I'd ever heard a native call the road san fu-LEE-pay or fayleepay or fayleep. All the natives I know/knew said san FILL-a-pee (or phillip-pee or fillipy, per sevfiv and brucesw). Maybe the "local" pronunciation is in the process of changing... Wouldn't be that surprising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArchitecturalPRGirl Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 I'm a native Houstonian and here are my pronunciations:San-fil-ee-payTwo-umShar-trezI also speak articulatelty and have no Texas country accent:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Plastic Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 Ok so is it Cuke-en-doll or Kirk-en-doll.You guess what street I'm pronouncing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstonmacbro Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 Ok so is it Cuke-en-doll or Kirk-en-doll.You guess what street I'm pronouncing. I've always said that latter. Weird cause there is no 'R' in the word. Go figure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original Timmy Chan's Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 How do y'all pronounce "Chartres"? What's also funny is hearing non-locals try to pronounce "Tierwester", for some reason, that one gets them."Tie-west" (no "r") is the common pronunciation amongst the locals in our neighborhood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 Branard...is it BRAY-nard, or BRAN-ard? bra-NARD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmancuso Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 too-amsan fuh-LEE-payHad a friend who insisted on calling Genesee Street je-NEE-see instead of JENN-uh-see.gen-nuh-see. or just...genny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rehan Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 Chartres: I used to say shar-tres when I was younger until one day in school, probably in art history if I remember right, when I learned about the City of Chartres (pronounced shart) in France. So now I say shart... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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