Today I Learned (TIL)

lol, how about "Kay-roe" Georgia (Cairo)

or Vie-Anna (Vienna)

or All Binny (Albany) 

The fact that I live in How-ston (Houston) County but the city in Texas is Hyoo-ston (Houston) actually has a justifiable basis though. They are named after different people and the respective pronunciations are the preference of said namesakes.

Language is weird.

ultraclyde (Forum Supporter) said:

Joli. Et. = Jolly Et.

 

But that is wrong, phonetically, in almost any language I'm familiar with. The only way it is correct is if it is a plural, but in that case the singular would have to be Jolls or Jols. I never even knew that the pronunciation of it was in dispute until I moved downstate. I blame St. Louis - which should probably be "Lou-eee", but at least it is correct in English. 

And I live near Des Plaines. I think the correct French pronunciation would be "Deh - Plahn", but we've Americanized it to "Dess - Planes" - but it is at least phonetically correct in A language. 

Duke said:

TIL, '70s Pop edition:

1)  Gerry Rafferty (of Baker Street fame) was originally in Stealer's Wheel (of Stuck In The Middle With You fame).

2) Vicki Lawrence (of The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia fame) is the very same person as comedy actress Vicki Lawrence (of Carol Burnett Show fame).

Mrs. P only just learned the Gerry Rafferty/Stealers wheel connection a couple days ago from me and was as surprised as I'm sure you were.  I couldn't get enough of Stuck in the middle when I was in grade 5  

I heard The Night The Lights Went Out on the local oldies station this afternoon

There isn't a bad 70's pop song in existence that Mrs. P doesn't know the lyrics for, including The Night The Lights Went Out .

You will immediately announce you are not from this state if you pronounce the capital of South Dakota like you think it should be pronounced.

You should hear the French Canadian pronunciation

There's a little town on I5 in Northern California called Artois. It's pronounced "Ar-tis." Like artist minus the "t."

I dated a girl from Martinez, GA a number of years ago and she told me it was pronounced "Martin-ez." Apparently the story goes it was named for a Spanish doctor who changed the way you say his name to sound more American...

In reply to ultraclyde (Forum Supporter) :

The English language is just three languages stacked on top of each other wearing a trench coat.

Streetwiseguy said:

Joliet is just hard O, or soft O.  Easy.

Explain Worshington to me.  Or don't because i'm sure you feel justified using letters that are not in the word...

Oh man, do not ever go to New England.

It's almost sad that the stereotypical New England family of accents is dying off because of the rapid access to the rest of the English-speaking world thanks to syndicated radio, television, and the Internet.

Whenever I see this thread pop up, I always think of this comic.

So TYL what this thread reminds me of.

Pete. (l33t FS) said:

Oh man, do not ever go to New England.

Both countries, the further east you go, the more (insert derogatory term) the accents get

Fart is Swedish for speed

TIL they are making Bob Ross themed cards for Magic: The Gathering.

I don't play, but I think it's pretty neat.

TIL that it's a bit overloaded, but I can transport a skid with 2,100lbs of tile in the back of the Excursion!  Not only that, but I don't have to put the second row down.

TIL that if you slice the heck out of your index finger tip while replacing a blend door motor in a Flex, do not pick up buffalo eggs from the gas station on the way home and eat them with that hand.

(they are like pickled eggs, but they were marinated in hot sauce.  Good stuff, if your skin is intact anyway)

TIL cooking double thick portchops in bacon grease and scallop drippings is almost as good as sex.

NickD said:

TIL that it is actually against the law to mispronounce Joliet, Illinois while you are in Joliet. Remember folks, it's Joe-Lee-Et, not Jolly-Et.

Funny, I live a town away called Lockport but a lot of people pronounce it "Lock-tucky". 

til that when you replace a crappy part with a good part you keep expecting it to break and go easy on it. it's hard to get used to good quality parts...

TIL that flux core wire has a shelf life due to moisture absorption

TIL that the barred owls are still around the house.

I live in a county in far Northwest California called Del Norte.  Now anywhere Spanish is spoken, this would be pronounced Del Nor taa.  Hard nope here. 

Del Nort.

Lived here thirty years and still haven't found anyone who knows why.

TIL what a "duffle cut" is on a rifle.

duffle cut

ultraclyde (Forum Supporter) said:

lol, how about "Kay-roe" Georgia (Cairo)

or Vie-Anna (Vienna)

or All Binny (Albany) 

The fact that I live in How-ston (Houston) County but the city in Texas is Hyoo-ston (Houston) actually has a justifiable basis though. They are named after different people and the respective pronunciations are the preference of said namesakes.

Doe Run, Ga is pronounced Dorn.  

TIL that this "Cyberpunk 2077" thing that console jocks play with is not a nerdy FPS/strategy/puzzle game.

We visited a Menard's for the first time last night. I guess you could say we learned a lot, like that there exists a store where you can buy a thousand-dollar smart toilet, a bottle of salad dressing, a Grisham paperback, and an O-scale toilet warehouse for your model railroad, and a sack of cat food.

The real thing we learned is that the name of the place lends itself to adolescent punning.

TIL there's a mouse living in my garage.