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benareeno
Joined: 22 Mar 2006
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jkruger
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Location: Carlsbad, CA
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Hey! Thanks! I'm about 2 miles away.
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Curt Palme
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Hey Ben. As a Canadian, how do you pronounce 'La Jolla'?
I was soooooo embarassed when I was in Cali about 18 years ago as an 'ig'nant Canuck' and asked for directions..
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CRT_Ben
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Location: Northern Virginia
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| Curt Palme wrote: | Hey Ben. As a Canadian, how do you pronounce 'La Jolla'?
I was soooooo embarassed when I was in Cali about 18 years ago as an 'ig'nant Canuck' and asked for directions.. |
I've never been there but I'm guessing it's phonetically "La Holla". Spanish j's are pronounced as H - jalapenos, anybody?
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jkruger
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Location: Carlsbad, CA
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That's like me trying to pronounce Puyallup for the first time. Yes it's Lah Hoya.
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CRT_Ben
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Location: Northern Virginia
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| jkruger wrote: | | That's like me trying to pronounce Puyallup for the first time. Yes it's Lah Hoya. |
Ah crap, I forgot about the other rule...to think I took 5 years of spanish 
double L's are pronounced as Y - think 'pollo' (chicken) is poyo...
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benareeno
Joined: 22 Mar 2006
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Location: ottawa, canada
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I definitely canucked it when I pronounced it... Hopefully one of you get that screen, it's a steal!
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jkruger
Joined: 24 Oct 2007
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Location: Carlsbad, CA
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It got away from me. Sold for $325 to someone else. Sounded like there was something wrong with it anyway.
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Brian C
Joined: 14 Feb 2009
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Location: Puyallup, WA
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| CRT_Ben wrote: | | jkruger wrote: | | That's like me trying to pronounce Puyallup for the first time. Yes it's Lah Hoya. |
Ah crap, I forgot about the other rule...to think I took 5 years of spanish
double L's are pronounced as Y - think 'pollo' (chicken) is poyo... |
Poo-Yah-Yup?
Poo-Yee-Up?
Polly-yoop?
(Puyallup is Indian, and not Spanish)
Pew-ALL-up!!
(I live there)
(Here)
(Where "New Cars Cost Less", eh?)
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emdawgz1
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We have our Local names as well
The best are..
Schuylkill River
llanfair road
Passyunk Ave.
and I give bonus points for anyone who can give the proper Phila. pronunciation for ...
Wolf St. and Water.
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dturco
Joined: 06 Feb 2009
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Location: Eastern Shore Maryland
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| emdawgz1 wrote: | We have our Local names as well
The best are..
Schuylkill River
llanfair road
Passyunk Ave.
and I give bonus points for anyone who can give the proper Phila. pronunciation for ...
Wolf St. and Water. |
Woof & war- ter
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AnalogRocks
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Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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| emdawgz1 wrote: | We have our Local names as well
The best are..
Schuylkill River
llanfair road
Passyunk Ave.
and I give bonus points for anyone who can give the proper Phila. pronunciation for ...
Wolf St. and Water. |
Water=Woodder
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emdawgz1
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I'll have to call this a tie.
In South phila, it is Woof and Wooter.
In West and north phila there's 2 r's in the word... War-ter.
Bonus points for you both!!! 
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