Scott Shannon --- oops!

[DToTheJ]

I think everyone who participated in this thread will appreciate this clip...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hB94WN1m_OE

[Bowler Bob in Brisbane]

I am adamant in my pronunciation of the cow show as a "roe-DAY-oh".  The pronunciation is said that way in much of California, but most especially the Salinas/Monterey area, where you will *never* hear the abomination "ROE-dee-oh". 


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DK, I actually learned how to prounounce Rodeo correctly long before I knew of the town, from being a huge Aaron Copeland fan.

I actually prefer the ELP version of "Hoedown".

[Lkeller]

I am adamant in my pronunciation of the cow show as a "roe-DAY-oh".  The pronunciation is said that way in much of California, but most especially the Salinas/Monterey area, where you will *never* hear the abomination "ROE-dee-oh". 

DK, I actually learned how to prounounce Rodeo correctly long before I knew of the town, from being a huge Aaron Copeland fan.

I actually prefer the ELP version of "Hoedown".
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Next time you're in Beverly Hills, go up to someone on the street and ask "Could you please give me directions to ROE-dee-oh Drive."

I bet they'd try to run you down with their Range Rover.

[SFStatic]

Most places where they have actual cattle, and Roe dee o's, if you said ro day oh, they'll run you down with their Ford pickup, and then plug you with the shotgun they have in the rack in the back window!

[Lkeller]

Most places where they have actual cattle, and Roe dee o's, if you said ro day oh, they'll run you down with their Ford pickup, and then plug you with the shotgun they have in the rack in the back window!

Yeah - I suspect that not very many people pack heat in Beverly Hills - except your rap star bodyguards...and maybe the occasional Arab sheik.

[kenrayc]

Another mispronouned name is 'CONEJO' a street in Kinksburg and a area near Thousand Oaks,
the correct pronounciation is CUN-NAY-O, but I heard it pronouned CON-NA-JO and CON-A-HO.

[Lkeller]

Another mispronouned name is 'CONEJO' a street in Kinksburg and a area near Thousand Oaks,
the correct pronounciation is CUN-NAY-O, but I heard it pronouned CON-NA-JO and CON-A-HO.

The one that probably bugs me the most is "Juniper Sierra." That's the street named after the Spanish missionary Junipero (pronounced "hunipero") Serra

[Bowler Bob in Brisbane]

Another mispronouned name is 'CONEJO' a street in Kinksburg and a area near Thousand Oaks,
the correct pronounciation is CUN-NAY-O, but I heard it pronouned CON-NA-JO and CON-A-HO.

The one that probably bugs me the most is "Juniper Sierra." That's the street named after the Spanish missionary Junipero (pronounced "hunipero") Serra

I guess as long as we're gonna digress this far from the original point of the thread, which is incorrect voice tracked info from outside the actual listening area, we might as well address the fact that even though we live in an area with many Spanish names, we can't always expect non-spanish speaking persons to know or use the correct pronunciation of said names.

Case in point, how many baseball fans outside of the Bay Area, even know the proper pronunciation of the San Francisco Giants second baseman/left fielder Eugenio Velez's name?

And to drive that point home (no pun intended... well maybe), the next time you're at a Giants home game and you hear this chant from the stands, "A... U... Hennio!!", not only will you know how to prounounce his name, you'll also know that Bowler Bob is the house!

Cheers,

BB in B

[DeadAudicy]

3 words: Chai Chai Rodrigweeze.

[djj]

3 words: Chai Chai Rodrigweeze.

God Bless Les Nessman!
--jay