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Mispronunciation by Jonathan Carlson this morning
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Mispronunciation by Jonathan Carlson this morning
I've gotten used to "Monroe" pronounced like "Munroe" but this morning JC, while giving a traffic update, identified Moross and Cadieux to sound like "morose" and "cadoo" (as in kazoo). I "get" some of our street pronunciations are difficult, but surely he's heard of these streets before (even if he is not from around here). Have K.T. give him a tutorial please.
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We should have always pronounced Monroe like Marilyn Monroe.
Cadieux is difficult to pronounce correctly. Cadyoo is acceptable to me. Where is the G in that name?
Why do we say Lake Or-ee-un instead of Oh-rye-un like the rest of the world?
Why do we say My-lan instead of Mih-lahn?
Why do we say The River Raisin instead of The Raisin River? We're not French and that's where the name came from. We don't say Detroit with a French accent.
Cadieux is difficult to pronounce correctly. Cadyoo is acceptable to me. Where is the G in that name?
Why do we say Lake Or-ee-un instead of Oh-rye-un like the rest of the world?
Why do we say My-lan instead of Mih-lahn?
Why do we say The River Raisin instead of The Raisin River? We're not French and that's where the name came from. We don't say Detroit with a French accent.
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The Interwebs can answer all of those.tivoking wrote: ↑Mon Dec 19, 2022 3:05 pmWe should have always pronounced Monroe like Marilyn Monroe.
Cadieux is difficult to pronounce correctly. Cadyoo is acceptable to me. Where is the G in that name?
Why do we say Lake Or-ee-un instead of Oh-rye-un like the rest of the world?
Why do we say My-lan instead of Mih-lahn?
Why do we say The River Raisin instead of The Raisin River? We're not French and that's where the name came from. We don't say Detroit with a French accent.
As to Lake Orion, here's why...
https://answerdatabase.org/why-is-lake- ... way-it-is/
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Well, I'm going to take a drive down the Mile 8 Road today.SolarMax wrote: ↑Mon Dec 19, 2022 3:12 pmThe Interwebs can answer all of those.
As to Lake Orion, here's why...
https://answerdatabase.org/why-is-lake- ... way-it-is/
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This thread may one day surpass the Ron Cameron one.
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He’s mispronounced many more cities and roads. Examples are escaping my mind at the moment. Unacceptable especially from an all news station in a large market.
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Why do people say "Deeeee-troit" and not "Deh-troit?"
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Hardly anyone from anywhere near Detroit says "DEEEE-troit", but I grew up in Chicago so I did hear that pronounciation a lot. a lot of Canadians turn it into three syllables and say "duh-TROY-it", I've noticed over the years. The old CBC hockey announcer Bob Cole comes to mind.
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I thought of him right away before I even finished reading your post. I always thought it was the strangest thing hearing him say that. Didn't know it was a common thing with Canadians.Hardly anyone from anywhere near Detroit says "DEEEE-troit", but I grew up in Chicago so I did hear that pronounciation a lot. a lot of Canadians turn it into three syllables and say "duh-TROY-it", I've noticed over the years. The old CBC hockey announcer Bob Cole comes to mind.
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I once heard a classical music DJ on the old WQRS pronounce Schoenherr in its correct German -- Shern-HAIR, instead of SHAY-ner. I didn't know if he was ignorant or merely being a smart-ass.
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My understanding is that the family at some point changed the pronunciation to SHAY-ner.moldyoldie wrote: ↑Wed Dec 21, 2022 3:56 amI once heard a classical music DJ on the old WQRS pronounce Schoenherr in its correct German -- Shern-HAIR, instead of SHAY-ner. I didn't know if he was ignorant or merely being a smart-ass.
Don Cherry is another Canadian who pronounces Detroit as such.
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Michigan has plenty of these. Someone could easily say Charlotte instead of Char-lot.