Some names that non-Mississippians would have no idea what you're saying, nor could they pronounce it correctly.
I'll start - Keownville and "Lewis-vul"
I'll start - Keownville and "Lewis-vul"
Favorite MS city / town / county names?
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You must be in Union County or North MS because no one outside of this area knows how Keownville is pronounced.
Kind of like Chalybeate in Tippah County
Kind of like Chalybeate in Tippah County
Can't tell you how many times I've heart Key-owen-ville. I just tell people to ignore the "e" and they've got it.
Anyone know what radio station the game will be on in Noxapater?
Some people from elsewhere can’t even pronounce Biloxi properly and good luck with D’Iberville and Gautier
I just enjoy how Hollywood types butcher and mispronounce "Biloxi." And don't get me started on Saucier (my grandma's hometown).
Chicken Bone (Calhoun County near Bruce) and Possumneck (Attala County South of West) are a couple of my favorites. Since I grew up in S MS Hot Coffee is another
It's because people in Mississippi can't read! When someone first told me about Yocona I thought they were absolutely insane. There is absolutely no reasoning to pronounce it that way or if the pronunciation is correct, spell it that way.
At least those coastal names can blame it on the French.
The first name I remember hearing pronounced southern is in Tenn and that is Milan (My-Lan). People thought I was nuts for saying (Me-laan).
That is all over though. Where I grew up on Long Island there are many indian names that are not pronounced how they seem to be spelled. Patchogue, Wantagh, Ronkonkoma, Massapequa, Yaphank, Quogue, Nissequogue, Copiague and many more.
At least those coastal names can blame it on the French.
The first name I remember hearing pronounced southern is in Tenn and that is Milan (My-Lan). People thought I was nuts for saying (Me-laan).
That is all over though. Where I grew up on Long Island there are many indian names that are not pronounced how they seem to be spelled. Patchogue, Wantagh, Ronkonkoma, Massapequa, Yaphank, Quogue, Nissequogue, Copiague and many more.
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Around August, I love starting conversations by telling people I’m going to Sturgis
I grew up in Lincoln County in Hog Chain. We had a store when I was little in the fork of the road but it burned…not really a town though. Our mail went to Bogue Chitto.
I struggle saying that one right because I’ve never met anyone from there to pronounce it correctly
Always thought it would be funny to have a Soso address. #FreeState
Chatawa
Osyka
Hobo station
Possumneck
Arkabutla
Shubuta
Buckatunna
Tomnolen
Anguilla
Learned
Lloyd star
Algoma
too many good ones to name.
Osyka
Hobo station
Possumneck
Arkabutla
Shubuta
Buckatunna
Tomnolen
Anguilla
Learned
Lloyd star
Algoma
too many good ones to name.
Was on a conference call this week and Biloxi came up. The west Texan wouldn’t even try to pronounce it - she just spelled it.
Possumneck is actually east of West. 5 miles on Hwy 19. It's an old joke to us native Attala countians.
I grew up in Soso and we used to tell people from out of town that it was named Soso because none of us knew how to spell mediocre.
I learned how eventually***
I learned how eventually***
That is the actual pronunciation or at least how I've always heard it when associated with it's namesake Thaddeus Kosciusko.
