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While I didn't get 100%, I did do MUCH better than the rest of the panel.

I knew all but Refugio, I have been mispronouncing it all my life.

I was born and raised in Texas but I missed several of them

Heres a couple that come to mind

Hallsville - is pronounced by the locals as Hallvul

Kuykendahl Rd is pronounced Kirkindial

I was born and raised in Texas but I missed several of them

Heres a couple that come to mind

Hallsville - is pronounced by the locals as Hallvul

Kuykendahl Rd is pronounced Kirkindial

Jusme wrote: ↑Thu Dec 03, 2020 7:58 am I knew all but Refugio, I have been mispronouncing it all my life.

When I first came to Texas, it took awhile to realize that the town I saw on the map spelled Refugio was the same town that I heard people calling ruh-FEER-ee-oh.


"Hewstun" would be another puzzler for outsiders if it wasn't already so famous for oil and NASA. I grew up in southern Indiana, and there is a very small, tiny town out in the middle of nowhere that's spelled "Houston" and locally pronounced "Howse-tun." I used to pass it on the way from where I lived to Boy Scout summer camp, is which buried in part the of Hoosier National Forest. So Houston was well out in the sticks. There were more people in the cemetery than among the living.

Oh, and locally here to Seguin (which outsiders typically call "SEG-win" or See-kwin", like the little glittering decoration) we have New Berlin. I grew up hearing the capital of Germany pronounced in English as "ber-LIN," with emphasis on the second syllable, but here locally it's tiny progeny is "new BER-lin", with emphasis on the first syllable.

Oh, and locally in San Antonio the name Huebner, as in Huebner Rd, is pronounce "HEEBner."

gamboolman wrote: ↑Thu Dec 03, 2020 9:35 am I was born and raised in Texas but I missed several of them

Heres a couple that come to mind

Hallsville - is pronounced by the locals as Hallvul

Kuykendahl Rd is pronounced Kirkindial

Hallsville is between where I live and where I work. I know several people who live there, and most of them pronounce it like it appears. Only those of us who don’t live there pronounce it Hallsvul.

Off subject, but I love "It's A Southern Thing" channel. One of the few YouTube channels I subscribe to.

I did ... not well.

I had the same problem when I arrived in SoCal back in '84. However, I've been here over 30 years and still did ... not well.

I missed several myself.

Don't forget about Buda, which is pronounced "BEW-duh".

ELB wrote: ↑Thu Dec 03, 2020 12:03 pm Oh, and locally in San Antonio the name Huebner, as in Huebner Rd, is pronounce "HEEBner."

and HEB grocery is pronounced HEEB

powerboatr wrote: ↑Thu Dec 03, 2020 9:28 pm

ELB wrote: ↑Thu Dec 03, 2020 12:03 pm Oh, and locally in San Antonio the name Huebner, as in Huebner Rd, is pronounce "HEEBner."

and HEB grocery is pronounced HEEB

or Huge Enormous Butts

I'll admit I missed Refugio and some of the others I never heard of even though I'm a native.

That did send me off on an hour long tangent watching their channel.

I missed several of them and have lived here since nine years old. The issue isn't Southern. I am thinking the German influence from Texas early days influenced some of those spellings. Maybe not?

When I first visited San Antonio, I kept wondering why the local news always mentioned "Bear" county....finally figured it out-"Bexar". Duh..
Dave