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Old 11-25-2013, 5:28pm   #21
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Even people in Missouri prounced it both ways, Missour-ee and Missour-uh. I understand that it's a fairly even split on pronunciations. I used to know the geographical difference of the two pronunciations, but I forgot them.
Are you in the gin and tonic already?
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Even people in Missouri prounced it both ways, Missour-ee and Missour-uh. I understand that it's a fairly even split on pronunciations. I used to know the geographical difference of the two pronunciations, but I forgot them.
Probably the south eastern and some of the south central parts I would imagine.

You can tell somebody is from the Midwest by the way they pronounce the days of the week also...Not everybody does it, but it's definitely a dead give away. A lot of people from Chicago do it...

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"We got somethin' in this territory, called the Missourah boat ride.

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Probably the south eastern and some of the south central parts I would imagine.

You can tell somebody is from the Midwest by the way they pronounce the days of the week also...Not everybody does it, but it's definitely a dead give away. A lot of people from Chicago do it...

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It's Miss-er-REE... not Miss-er-RUH.

Get it right, you fukkin' fukks. You live there, fer krissakes.
It's Pronounced Middleof****ingnowhere
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However, it is true that there is no noise in Illinois.

We have a town nearby spelled "Bois D'ark" The first time I heard it pronounced I did a double take. Take a wild guess.
This is what comes of buying stuff from the French....having to pronounce sissy names.


Other than that, of course, the Looosiana Purchase worked out pretty OK, I think.
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Other than that, of course, the Looosiana Purchase worked out pretty OK, I think.

Did they arrange the paperwork for that in New ORLEEEENS?
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Bois D'ark is near Springfield. Duquesne is due east of Joplin. It got hit by the tornado pretty hard in 2011.



Bois d'Arc is a tiny hamlet in Anderson County, Texas at the crossroads of State Highway 19 and Farm to Market Road 860 about halfway between Athens, Texas and Palestine, Texas.
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This is what comes of buying stuff from the French....having to pronounce sissy names.


Other than that, of course, the Looosiana Purchase worked out pretty OK, I think.
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Did they arrange the paperwork for that in New ORLEEEENS?
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Are you in the gin and tonic already?
Yes...but what's that got to do with anything...?

People in Mizzou really do pronounce it 2 ways.
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It's Miss-er-REE... not Miss-er-RUH.

Get it right, you fukkin' fukks. You live there, fer krissakes.
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When did I proclaim myself to be a leader?
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When did I proclaim myself to be a leader?
By telling people from another state how to pronounce where they live
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Hecklers are now leaders.

You heard it here first, folks.



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Hecklers are now leaders.

You heard it here first, folks.



Quoted so seasix can find it at some later date

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However, it is true that there is no noise in Illinois.

We have a town nearby spelled "Bois D'ark" The first time I heard it pronounced I did a double take. Take a wild guess.

Some people pronounce it Illinoiz
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