Waukesha?
I've only ever heard it "WAW-keh-shaw."
Wesley: Feng Shui. Gunn: Right. What's that mean again? Wesley: That people will believe anything. Actually, in this place, Feng Shui will probably have enormous significance. I'll align my furniture the wrong way and suddenly catch fire or turn into a pudding.
'Conviction (1)'
Natter 53: We could just avoid making tortured puns
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
tommyrot - Aug 20, 2007 8:02:55 pm PDT #5797 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Consuela - Aug 20, 2007 8:03:11 pm PDT #5798 of 10001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Los Feliz trips me every time, and I've lived in CA for ten years now.
... shit, ten years. How'd that happen? When I started posting on TT I was still in Bawlmer.
JenP - Aug 20, 2007 8:04:38 pm PDT #5799 of 10001
But that's how everyone pronounces it, though.
Wait, really? I got it right, or that's how everyone pronounces it except the people who live there?
Pix - Aug 20, 2007 8:07:07 pm PDT #5800 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.
KUH-wheng-uh.
Nope, Jen basically had it right: kuh-WHENG-guh.
Burrell - Aug 20, 2007 8:07:30 pm PDT #5801 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Most of the wonky pronounciations in So Cal have to do with the weird bastardization of Spanish. When I was in Washington I couldn't even guess how to pronounce a lot of the place names. Didn't fit my mispronounce-the-Spanish profile.
tommyrot - Aug 20, 2007 8:09:59 pm PDT #5802 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Wait, really? I got it right, or that's how everyone pronounces it except the people who live there?
Yeah, everyone who lives in or near Shawano pronounces it that way. People who pronounce it the way it's spelled get made fun of.
Consuela - Aug 20, 2007 8:10:20 pm PDT #5803 of 10001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Wow, I'm suddenly filled with rage. Some assholes on one of the Wired blogs are bad-mouthing my big brother.
Grrrr. Must not reply.
Burrell - Aug 20, 2007 8:13:36 pm PDT #5804 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
What Suela? Your brother? Wha?
JenP - Aug 20, 2007 8:14:24 pm PDT #5805 of 10001
So I could pass for a local in Shawano. Sweet.
Consuela, I can't even imagine.
Pix - Aug 20, 2007 8:15:02 pm PDT #5806 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.
'Suela, what's going on?