What? Being born in Houston I've never heard anyone pronounce it in that way.Dib wrote:I've heard new york have trouble saying "r" so some say New Yok. And they say Houston as House ton. "Houston we've got a problem" Famous phrase and they mispronounce it. Nevada is another, Nevah da
Do you pronounce 'th' as 'th' or 'd'/'f'?
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Re: Do you pronounce 'th' as 'th' or 'd'/'f'?
I swear I heard Bostonian say House Ton before when I was there for work. Or maybe I'm just on crack.BananaXX wrote:Dib wrote:What? Being born in Houston I've never heard anyone pronounce it in that way.
I was rather amused once when a rather ditzy out-of-stater pronounced Fuqua street as Fuck-You-A.
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Re: Do you pronounce 'th' as 'th' or 'd'/'f'?
I never heard any Bostonian pronounce it that way. Only in Greenwich Village, NYC.Hobie-wan wrote: I swear I heard Bostonian say House Ton before when I was there for work. Or maybe I'm just on crack.
We do pronounce some town names differently that throw off the non-natives
Examples:
Concord, MA - pronounced Con-kerd
Peabody - pronounced pea-bud-ee
Westford - west-ferd
Acton - act-in
Worcester - wooster
Bedford - bed-ferd
Gloucester - glos-ster
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For Concord, Westford, Acton, and Bedford, that's the only way I've ever heard those pronounced.gtmtnbiker wrote:We do pronounce some town names differently that throw off the non-natives
Examples:
Concord, MA - pronounced Con-kerd
Peabody - pronounced pea-bud-ee
Westford - west-ferd
Acton - act-in
Worcester - wooster
Bedford - bed-ferd
Gloucester - glos-ster
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I've heard people say Con-cord, Ack-ton Bed-ford.o.pwuaioc wrote:For Concord, Westford, Acton, and Bedford, that's the only way I've ever heard those pronounced.gtmtnbiker wrote:We do pronounce some town names differently that throw off the non-natives
Examples:
Concord, MA - pronounced Con-kerd
Peabody - pronounced pea-bud-ee
Westford - west-ferd
Acton - act-in
Worcester - wooster
Bedford - bed-ferd
Gloucester - glos-ster
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Re: Do you pronounce 'th' as 'th' or 'd'/'f'?
In Manhattan, Houston Street, which demarcates SoHo from NoHo, is pronounced "house-ton," rather than "hyoo-ston." The street name aside, however, I've never in my life heard anyone from New York refer to the Texan city as "house-ton."BananaXX wrote:And they say Houston as House ton.