Originally Posted by Steve_ (Post 10807482)

And as bad as that is, the mutilation of French place names, e.g. New Orleans, Coeur D'Alene, Boise, etc. is even worse.

Originally Posted by Steve_ (Post 10807486)

Do that in most of the SE of the US and they'll ask what kind of coke. That used to confuse the hell out of me. Up north people say "pop", out west people say "soda" and in most of the rest of the US it's "coke".

"What kind of coke do you want?"
"Oh I'll have a pepsi."

:confused:

Originally Posted by lizzyq (Post 10808092)

When I was in Lexington on business it took me ages to work out that what I heard on the traffic news as "Versells" was in fact Versailles.

Originally Posted by Bob (Post 10808727)

Up in Maine, Calais, pronounced Caliiiis. Took me a while to figure that one one too :)

Originally Posted by Hiro11 (Post 10808749)

To be fair the British are hardly accurate in their pronunciation many adopted French / Norman terms. "Filet", "valet" etc.

Originally Posted by Hiro11 (Post 10808749)

To be fair the British are hardly accurate in their pronunciation many adopted French / Norman terms. "Filet", "valet" etc.

Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing (Post 10808755)

In fairness, we did add the extra 'l' in 'fillet', to cover the mispronounciation. I was never sure why 'valet' gets pronounced the way it does though.

There are inconsistencies on both sides of the pond though - Des Plaines vs Des Moines, for example.

Originally Posted by Pulaski (Post 10808838)

Beaufort, NC v Beaufort, SC.

Byoo-fort v Bow-fort :rolleyes:

Originally Posted by Bob (Post 10808725)

I've not heard that about Coke. It's usually soda around here.

Originally Posted by Yorkieabroad (Post 10809367)

So what was that post a bit earlier about brits saying Nevada wrong....I can only think of one way to say it, and I think that's how Americans say it too.....:confused:

Originally Posted by Pulaski (Post 10808838)

Beaufort, NC v Beaufort, SC.

Byoo-fort v Bow-fort :rolleyes:

Originally Posted by Pegster (Post 10811814)

Erm, I'm from SC and I've never heard Beaufort pronounced 'bow-fort' - it's 'byuu-fert' as far as I am aware.