how to pronounce

[gta1216]

there are several cities/towns that different friends pronounced differently. and if i pronounced it one way to a diff person, he/she would have no clue what im talking abt. these are the 2 that i can think of now, but i remember there were more.

vaughan - some pronounce like "juan" and some "woon" (like the korean dollar)
guelph - some pronounce "golf" (the sports) and some "golf" with the long o.

[HBP]

vohn

gwelf

[sw1ft]

gwelf+1
vawn (rhymes with dawn)

[Talamasca]

I've always wondered how tourists pronounce Yonge St.

I think one of the more common errors that a lot of people make is Queens Quay. It's pronounced "kee", not "kway".

[Spor 13]

I've heard people pronounce the Gardiner Expressway as Gardeener and not Gard-in-er

[TheFuteballer]

yeah vawn and gwelf come pretty close to what it should be

[ji2o0k]

vaughan - some pronounce like "juan" and some "woon" (like the korean dollar)
guelph - some pronounce "golf" (the sports) and some "golf" with the long o.
Vaughan = pronounecd Vaa gone...

Guelph = Ghoul FFF.....

[Ebola]

Vaun, von.

Gwelf

[Tijuana]

Vaughan = pronounecd Vaa gone...

Guelph = Ghoul FFF.....

Thats wrong, first of all you dont pronounce the g in vaughn and secondly the a is much shorter

and for guelph, there is no h sound, gwelf is pretty much the best you can come up with

[Zephyr22b]

I remember working at the CNE and people asking for directions. People would be so lost trying to find "Strachan Ave." (pronounced strawn) lol.

[Tijuana]

When I was little, I couldn't pronounce burnhamthorpe

[Psubs]

When I was little, I couldn't pronounce burnhamthorpe

I thought it was Eglington like forever. :lol:

[CSAgent]

MILF = meeel-ph!

[GunnerX]

Gardiner = Gard-ner
Toronto = To-raw-no

[techwiz]

Scarborough - scar-bro.

I heard someone say scarb-rough... (rhyming with tough). lol.

[fishlips20]

vaughan - some pronounce like "juan" and some "woon" (like the korean dollar)



You mean it's not Vo-han :cheesygri

[TruHP]

In Baltimore, Maryland there is a street called Eutaw Street. People get lost as when you ask for directions on the phone you hear "Utah" and think it would be spelled the same on which you wouldn't find the street you were looking for...lol.

[Bazooka Joe]

yeah vawn and gwelf come pretty close to what it should be

+1

I can't imagine some of the other ways people are suggesting.

[Tijuana]

Gardiner = Gard-ner
Toronto = To-raw-no

Wouldn't this be the American way of saying it, like if you were from Chicago?

Toronto = Tor - On - Toe

[KorruptioN]

Vaughan = pronounecd Vaa gone...

Guelph = Ghoul FFF.....

So wrong...

[flypretty]

Chicago = Chic-cog-go
Chicago = Shick-cog-go
:confused:

[Tijuana]

Chicago = Chic-cog-go
Chicago = Shick-cog-go
:confused:

Chicago = sh**-ka-go

cant figure out how to spell/say the i in letters

Sh** = say the ***** but dont say the !t, so like if your about to say it and your parents walk into the room :razz:

But I believe native chicago residents say chi-ka-go

chi=chizzle

[ullyeus]

lagamodiere ?

[GunnerX]

Wouldn't this be the American way of saying it, like if you were from Chicago?

Toronto = Tor - On - Toe

You actually hear people in To-raw-no say it that way? :D

[Tijuana]

You actually hear people in To-raw-no say it that way? :D

When their not lazy :razz:

[ElChico]

I thought it was Eglington like forever. :lol:

Eglinton people...Eglinton!!!!

Only one "G"

and it's pronounced Vawn and Gwelf, anything else would be wrong.

[Lava]

I've always wondered how tourists pronounce Yonge St.

I think one of the more common errors that a lot of people make is Queens Quay. It's pronounced "kee", not "kway".

Yonge = Young? That's how I've always pronounced it...

[hightech]

there are several cities/towns that different friends pronounced differently. and if i pronounced it one way to a diff person, he/she would have no clue what im talking abt. these are the 2 that i can think of now, but i remember there were more.

vaughan - some pronounce like "juan" and some "woon" (like the korean dollar)
guelph - some pronounce "golf" (the sports) and some "golf" with the long o.

Vaughan - say the words "VA" and "ON" together "VAON"
Guelph - say the following together "GOO" "E" "L" "F". Some people have the last name "Gu" so replace the GOO with GU

[hightech]

Vaughan = pronounecd Vaa gone...


That may be how you pronounce it, it is not the right way. The G is silent.

[sw1ft]

I've always wondered how tourists pronounce Yonge St.

I think one of the more common errors that a lot of people make is Queens Quay. It's pronounced "kee", not "kway".

Yonge = Young? That's how I've always pronounced it...I think what he meant was that to a tourist "Yonge" might be read as Yawn-gee or possibly Yong-ee. I remember thinking the same when I was a child: "WHOA, it's YONGE and not YOUNG Street? Who knew?".

Then again, I work at a Mortgage company and have come across addresses labelled as "Young St, Toronto".

;)

[JL2002]

i remember pronouncing Minestrone as Mine-Strone....haha....instead of Mini-stron-e

[ullyeus]

I think what he meant was that to a tourist "Yonge" might be read as Yawn-gee or possibly Yong-ee. I remember thinking the same when I was a child: "WHOA, it's YONGE and not YOUNG Street? Who knew?".

Then again, I work at a Mortgage company and have come across addresses labelled as "Young St, Toronto".

;)

I highly doubt many people mispronounce something as easy as yonge.

[Talamasca]

I highly doubt many people mispronounce something as easy as yonge.

Why not? "Yonge" isn't a proper word like Young and there aren't any famous people with that last name where it would be instantly recognizable. We've all grown up here so we know it. If I were a tourist and didn't read up on the travel literature, I would pronounce it phonetically ("YAWN-GEE" or "YAWNGE").

For example, in New York City, Houston Street is not pronounced like the city in Texas ("HEW-STON") but like "HOW-STON" instead but the only way you'd know that would be if you were a local or read up about it. Similarly, Leicester Square in London is pronounced "LES-TER", not "LIE-CHEST-ER".

[ullyeus]

Why not? "Yonge" isn't a proper word like Young and there aren't any famous people with that last name where it would be instantly recognizable. We've all grown up here so we know it.

I didn't grow up there.

[Talamasca]

I didn't grow up there.

Fine. But you're Canadian and Yonge St. is the most well-known street in the largest and most important city in the country. I imagine most Canadians know how to pronounce it but someone in Germany or Japan? Questionable.

[Tijuana]

Vaughan - say the words "VA" and "ON" together "VAON"
Guelph - say the following together "GOO" "E" "L" "F". Some people have the last name "Gu" so replace the GOO with GU

Thats wrong, it was as someone else mentioned gwelf, your stretching the goo too much, try saying dwell, then well, then gwell, then just as a f

[sw1ft]

Gloucester - I've heard it read "Glue Chester" before (as opposed to "Glouse-ter"; "Glouse" rhyming with house).

[ullyeus]

Fine. But you're Canadian and Yonge St. is the most well-known street in the largest and most important city in the country. I imagine most Canadians know how to pronounce it but someone in Germany or Japan? Questionable.

I was going to add "Toronto ain't the centre of the world" to my post but I thought I'd refrain.

Probably shouldn't have.

[stealth]

Ahh.. the joys of the english language. Worcestershire is another good one.

My fave from people primarily in 705/613 and beyond is "Torunna". lol

[AcidBomber]

Vaughan -> Vown
Guelph -> Gwelf
Gardiner -> Gar-den'er
Toronto -> Tore-Ron-Toe
Scarborough -> Scar-bor-row
Durham -> Der-Hum

[KorruptioN]

Vaughan -> Vown

So that rhymes with phone?

[AcidBomber]

So that rhymes with phone?

no!

Vaw-ON :confused:
I can say it but is hard to type it out LOL

[Tijuana]

no!

Vaw-ON :confused:
I can say it but is hard to type it out LOL

Your saying it as 2 syllables when its only 1, take away the - and the o and your set ;)

[stealth]

Your saying it as 2 syllables when its only 1, take away the - and the o and your set ;)

VON....rhymes with "lawn"

[ji2o0k]

Yonge = Young? That's how I've always pronounced it...
Hmmm isn't it pronounced Yawn ghey ?

[Tijuana]

Hmmm isn't it pronounced Yawn ghey ?

its pronounced young but the g at the end is stretched a tiny bit

[stealth]

Hmmm isn't it pronounced Yawn ghey ?

lol....please tell us when you plan to say that next in public.....must be there.

[Canada_7]

You actually hear people in To-raw-no say it that way? :D
I live in Toronto (well in a suburb north of it in Markham) and I've always said it like it's spelt and not ignored the ending "t". Not until recently was I told by a friend that's only how those who don't live here say it :| .

I'd like to add a few mispronounciations I use to do as a kid :lol: :
Illinois: ill-lin-noe-is (or us) (as opposed to ill-lin-noi)
island (the world in general): is-land (as opposed to I-land)
Campbell: camp-bell (as opposed to cam-bul)

[pkguy]

So what about NFLD

is it Newfound Land
is it New Foundland
is it Newfunland

[gta1216]

Chicago = sh**-ka-go

cant figure out how to spell/say the i in letters

Sh** = say the ***** but dont say the !t, so like if your about to say it and your parents walk into the room :razz:

But I believe native chicago residents say chi-ka-go

chi=chizzle

im a native chicagoan and i pronounce it she-ka-go. i hear a lot of ppl pronounce it chic-ka-go

[gta1216]

So what about NFLD

is it Newfound Land
is it New Foundland
is it Newfunland

it is newfoundland

[gta1216]

Why not? "Yonge" isn't a proper word like Young and there aren't any famous people with that last name where it would be instantly recognizable. We've all grown up here so we know it. If I were a tourist and didn't read up on the travel literature, I would pronounce it phonetically ("YAWN-GEE" or "YAWNGE").

For example, in New York City, Houston Street is not pronounced like the city in Texas ("HEW-STON") but like "HOW-STON" instead but the only way you'd know that would be if you were a local or read up about it. Similarly, Leicester Square in London is pronounced "LES-TER", not "LIE-CHEST-ER".

i didnt grow up in canada, but had no problem figuring out it was "young" =)

[3weddings]

i remember pronouncing Minestrone as Mine-Strone....haha....instead of Mini-stron-e

I grew up on the Danforth where everyone would pronounce Sandwich
SanGwich :confused: :confused:

An English Lit teach even had them write it on the board when they mispronounced it and they would spell it correctly. But when asked to read it back, they'd say SanGwich again :confused: :confused: :lol:

[Lava]

So what about NFLD

is it Newfound Land
is it New Foundland
is it Newfunland

NEW-FIND-LAND


Newfindland

or new-fin-LAND

They put an emphasis on the LAND part.

[board123]

What about Salisbury? Is it actually "salls-bury"?

[Tijuana]

What about Salisbury? Is it actually "salls-bury"?

yup :D

[gordholio]

I've always wondered how tourists pronounce Yonge St.

I think one of the more common errors that a lot of people make is Queens Quay. It's pronounced "kee", not "kway".

I took the Radio Broadcasting course at Humber College about 25 years ago and was on air one day. I was reading a public service announcement and had to say Queen's Quay. Well I kept saying it as qway, not key. I should have just written the word key on the paper; would have made it easier. I'd never even heard of this place at the time. :lol:

[stealth]

NEW-FIND-LAND


Newfindland

or new-fin-LAND

They put an emphasis on the LAND part.

As a Newfie I used to go to school with once said. "UNDERSTAND NEWFOUNDLAND' (say it so they rhyme).

[AL3X]

When I went to Toronto a month ago, I thought it was:

Yonge - either yawnj (the j as in gypsie) or yawng (the g as in golf)

And i screwed up with eglinGton.

But I've learned so it's all good. I'll be moving there in April

[chlorine]

I remember working at the CNE and people asking for directions. People would be so lost trying to find "Strachan Ave." (pronounced strawn) lol.

especially weird when some last names Strachan are pronounced strark-kan

MILF = meeel-ph!

lol

i didnt grow up in canada, but had no problem figuring out it was "young" =)

when I came to Canada, I was surprised that it wasn't pronounced yawn-je or yun-je (like sponge)



As for Scarborough... it's not as straight-forward... see this => http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=905076


The British English pronunciation of borough and compounds using it like Scarborough in Yorkshire and Loughborough (roughly Luff'-bruh) have a schwa as their final syllable, quite distinct from the sound in dough, toe, sew, mow, Po ...


In at least some pronunciations of 'Scarborough' and like names, the 'ough' is simply a schwa sound (uh). (Scar-bur-uh)

My Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition lists this as the only pronunciation. But the online version at www.m-w.com has changed this to rhyme with dough.

A scan through other "ough" words on m-w.com reveals that this pronunciation is still there for Flamborough, Gainsborough, Poughkeepsie etc.

[peroxide8888]

Vaughan = pronounecd Vaa gone...

Guelph = Ghoul FFF.....By this post, I assumed you were being facetious and lol'ed. Doesn't anyone else get the feeling you're kidding around? :arrowd:

Vaughan = pronounecd Vaa gone...

Guelph = Ghoul FFF.....Thats wrong, first of all you dont pronounce the g in vaughn and secondly the a is much shorter

and for guelph, there is no h sound, gwelf is pretty much the best you can come up with

Vaughan = pronounecd Vaa gone...

Guelph = Ghoul FFF.....So wrong...

Vaughan = pronounecd Vaa gone...
That may be how you pronounce it, it is not the right way. The G is silent.

Hmmm isn't it pronounced Yawn ghey ?Once again, I assume humour. Am I wrong in doing so? :arrowd:

Hmmm isn't it pronounced Yawn ghey ?its pronounced young but the g at the end is stretched a tiny bit

[KorruptioN]

By this post, I assumed you were being facetious and lol'ed. Doesn't anyone else get the feeling you're kidding around? :arrowd:

With the Engrish that is often seen on these boards... one cannot assume :lol:

[ji2o0k]

With the Engrish that is often seen on these boards... one cannot assume :lol:
Why don't people wash shoe?
People wash clothe after it get sweat like after gym because it can stink. Yet people wear same shoe everyday never wash and throw away. Why don't people wash shoe? Shoe dutty, should wash....;)

[somemale]

Queens Quay (key) is the funniest.

[Tijuana]

Queens Quay (key) is the funniest.

In all fairness, its one of the names that doesn't follow normal pronunciation

[Kasakato]

Google?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaughan,_Ontario
Vaughan (pronounced /ˈvɔːn/)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guelph,_Ontario
Guelph (pronounced /ɡwɛlf/)

[Paolo]

Eglinton people...Eglinton!!!!

Only one "G"

and it's pronounced Vawn and Gwelf, anything else would be wrong.

I pronounce it Gwelf, and Von. As for Egglington, I usually abbreviate it as Egg ie: meet me at Young n' Egg. I always thoguht it was normal to have 2 G's in Egglington.

[Tijuana]

I pronounce it Gwelf, and Von. As for Egglington, I usually abbreviate it as Egg ie: meet me at Young n' Egg. I always thoguht it was normal to have 2 G's in Egglington.

Actually I dont think its possible to say eg without making it sound like 2 g's. Say egg, you say eguh, or eghe, so egg-glin-ton is about the best we can pronounce

[ShadowVlican]

for me:

Vaughan = John with a V
Guelph = Elf with a Gw

[Sprite_TM]

vohn

gwelf


:arrowu:

thats how i pronouce it

[gta1216]

Queens Quay (key) is the funniest.

i always thought it was pronounced qway. now i know its pronounced key. lol...