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- DictionaryLou·is·ville/ˈlo͞oiˌvil/
- 1. an industrial city and river port in northern Kentucky, on the Ohio River just south of the border with Indiana; since a 2003 merger, it is part of Louisville–Jefferson County; consolidated population 713,877 (est. 2008). It is the site of the annual Kentucky Derby.
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Nov 18, 2014 · @Minnow Mine's the LOO-A-VUL version, but there ain't much -A- there. And seems to me that for most folks in Tennessee and Kentucky -ville is pronunced with markedly less stress than elsewhere, and with a vowel reduced however far you can manage.
1. I would say there are three pronunciations: /ˈluːi/, /luːˈi (ː)/, and /ˈluːis/. Of these, the second is quite rare, but there are non-French guys named Louis who pronounce their name with final stress. – Janus Bahs Jacquet.
I'm not sure how much time he spent in the state outside the city of Columbia (where he attended the University of Missouri in the mid-1920s), and I don't know whether he learned the pronunciation there or grew up with it in Kentucky, but he was unshakable in his pronunciation, despite living in south-central Texas for many decades, surrounded by people (including his wife [from Oklahoma ...
Oct 31, 2013 · While I can't speak for the other words people have mentioned, the native pronunciation of Hawaii is quite unusual for English speakers. First is the ai diphthong, followed by a glottal stop (a sound not really used in the middle of English words too much, an exception is 'uh-oh'), with a word final e sound that doesn't have a real solid consonant sound before it.
Actually it sounds like 'mire' according to what I heard from the broadcast in that market, but I don't know whether it was native and where did 'j' go in that pronunciation. – booksee. Aug 23, 2014 at 1:49. @booksee The j is a y sound. It's the glide between the two syllables of Meyer, or mire if you pronounce mire with two syllables (and ...
Apr 26, 2019 · As far as those examples that exist in Michigan, USA, the pronunciation for all three is the same: OH-ree-un, with the emphasis on the first syllable. The constellation Orion, on the other hand, is pronounced oh-RY-un, with the emphasis on the second syllable. For reference, I was born in Michigan, and lived there until my late 40's.
It depends on which Americans you're talking about. This article from Crain's Chicago Business reports that U.S. Midwesterners typically pronounce the name of the town Versailles, Indiana, "ver-SALES." I think the standard British pronunciation is much the same as the American, but without the "r".
Nov 2, 2012 · The noun is much more often these days to be of the second, “Italian” pronunciation. This may be because most “vias” one encounters are from Latin, Italian, or Spanish, where the word is still used. For example, in Louisville, Colorado, there is a road named “Via Appia Way” .
May 1, 2019 · The simple answer is that in English, the pronunciation of a name has no definite connection to the name's spelling or etymology. Nevertheless, here's some background information that may make the variation that you mention less surprising. In Standard German, "ue" represents the sounds /yː/ and /ʏ/.
1. @Gossar I agree this is a Shibboleth. In New Orleans, "calliope" is deliberately pronounced "cal -ee - ope" to weed out the non-natives. In the same way, "Chartres Street" is pronounced "char-TER" and "Carondolet" is pronounced with a hard "T" and Esplanade rhymes with Lemondade! – Erin John Levins.
