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To: Arrowhead1952

Houston = You-ston

Humble = Umble

Damn "H's"!

14 posted on 01/25/2005 7:59:50 AM PST by isthisnickcool (Denny Crane: "I look to two things: First to God and then to Fox News.")

To: isthisnickcool

I'm still trying to figure that H-thing out. Maybe, just maybe, some day someone will explain it to me. I'm not holding my breath.

By the way, those in Houston know the real way to pronounce "Kuykendahl".

48 posted on 01/25/2005 10:13:18 AM PST by SaveTheChief (There are 10 types of people -- those who understand binary, and those who don't.)

To: isthisnickcool; Xenalyte; Flyer; Dog Gone; humblegunner; eastforker

Houston = You-ston

Interesting. As a native Houstonian, I don't ever recall hearing it pronounced without out the 'H'. Is that an inner loop thing, or maybe from Kaw-Coo-Coo-Kaw (KQQK, Latino station)?! Last I heard, it was still the San Jacinto monument("jah-sin-toe" not "ha-sin-toe").

Of course New Yorkers mess it up with their Houston Street ("how-stun" instead of "hue-stun"), but then New Yorkers mess up a lot of things. Wondering if the NY Times ever forgets the space in "Sugar Land" when attack DeLay? Which brings up another common error: Ronnie Earle is not pronounced "ron-ee earl", but "saw-ree-co-rupt-dem-crat-bass-turd")...

51 posted on 01/25/2005 10:19:14 AM PST by Diddle E. Squat

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