Here Are The Top Ten Mispronounced Towns in Deep East Texas
From Coldspring to Nacogdoches to Joaquin, here are our top ten towns that are either hard to say or have various pronunciations. This article looks at the top ten mispronounced towns and cities in Deep East Texas, with some of them having different 'acceptable' ways to say their towns. It also looks at how many towns and towns in the Pineywoods are considered 'completely wrong' and some of the smaller communities did not get considered for the list. Take a look at what I've compiled and feel free to comment on other cities and towns that you think should make the list.
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How do you say, New Orleans?
Do you say OR leans? How about AWR leans? The locals there will usually say something like New AWR-luhnz. But, DON'T completely drop a syllable and go with N'AWR-luhnz.
I use that as an example because in some cases, there are various 'accepted' pronunciations of the way a town or city is said.
In other instances, however, putting the emphasis on the wrong syllable is not acceptable. It is Moh-BEEL, Alabama. Saying it any other way is just plain wrong.
Then there are towns and cities whose pronunciations are just butchered. I wish a had a free bag of live crawfish for every time I've heard someone say Natch-uh-Toe-ches as opposed to Nack-eh-tish.
I wanted to point out these two 'types of wrong' before diving into the most mispronounced towns and cities in the Pineywoods.
Some of these are included because there are at least a couple of different 'acceptable' ways to say their town. While others are included because many times folks pronounce their city completely wrong.
One last point -- Some of the smaller communities did not get considered for the list. So, my apologies in advance to places like Nogales Prairie and Buzzard's Breath Crossing (somebody once told me this place existed in Sabine County, but I have yet to find it). There are just too many villages, one cemetery, and blink-and-you'll-miss-it towns in East Texas. I'd be researching for weeks if I tried to include all of these.
Take a look at what I've compiled and feel free to hit me up with other cities and towns that you think should make the list.
Temi: Texas