WHOOPS OR WHERE THE HELL ARE WE

[pwnj]

For someone who's never been anywhere near Philadelphia, how is Cynwyd pronounced???

You don't pronounce it.  It's more like interpretive dance. 

[C855B]

Did you hear about the Dreamliner that beached itself in Kansas?

Dreamlifter. That's why it's such an issue. The "lifter" freight version is bigger/badder, and fully loaded takes something like 9000 feet to take off. They have a 6100 ft. runway. I have a hunch they're going to have to unload the thing including extra fuel and get some hotshot ex-fighter-jock company test pilot to get it out of there.

EDIT - News this morning is they're going to do almost what I just said - get a company test pilot to press the limits. Boeing's engineers calculated the remaining fuel weight combined with weather conditions was low enough to try it without unloading. Or, rather, do it - once you start to roll you're pretty much committed.

[cv_acr]

Read the link Ed put up. It explains what happened better then the original article,

Phil

Wow, yeah, that's a completely different story than the "news" article conveys...

[Ed Kapuscinski]

For someone who's never been anywhere near Philadelphia, how is Cynwyd pronounced???

Kin-wood.

[VonRyan]

For someone who's never been anywhere near Philadelphia, how is Cynwyd pronounced???

Kin-wid

Cynwyd is Welsh so the Y's end up as I's.

Be happy there isn't a LL 

[conrail98]

For someone who's never been anywhere near Philadelphia, how is Cynwyd pronounced???

"Kin wood" is how I've always pronounced it. Not sure if that's right or not,

Phil

[VonRyan]

"Kin wood" is how I've always pronounced it. Not sure if that's right or not,

Phil

That's exactly how I was going to say it was pronounced, since that's how the newscasters say it, but I was trying to correct their Welsh pronunciations 

[C855B]

That's exactly how I was going to say it was pronounced, since that's how the newscasters say it, but I was trying to correct their Welsh pronunciations 

Local broadcasters frequently don't know squat about small town names in the area. We have a "Sandoval" nearby. No, it's not "SAN-do-val", as in the Spanish, but "SAND-oval", as in a dirt race track. Even weather broadcasters in our market for 15+ years still don't use the correct pronunciation.

What gets me is Norfolk, Nebraska. The locals call it "NOR-fork". Where's that second 'R', people? My family is from Norfolk, Virginia. Locals call it "NOR-fick", or nearly "NOR-f*ck". Broadcasters say "NOR-folk", with a long 'O' and distinct 'L'... probably to not accidentally fall too close to that second local pronunciation. 

[davefoxx]

My family is from Norfolk, Virginia. Locals call it "NOR-fick", or nearly "NOR-f*ck". Broadcasters say "NOR-folk", with a long 'O' and distinct 'L'... probably to not accidentally fall too close to that second local pronunciation. 

I've got family in Williamsburg and Newport News, Virginia, and I went to school in Richmond, Virginia.  I've heard a few locals (a southern accent sneaking in there, causing them to drop the "R") almost pronounce Norfolk, Virginia as NAW-fick (or nearly NAW-f*ck).

DFF

[Bob Bufkin]

Rode a train through Wales back in the 80s.  No way any normal non Welch speaking person could prononce those town names.  Got a employees timetable of that line from a friendly conductor on the train.  Traded some Trains magazines for it.  He told me how to prononce the names but quickly gave me.  Oh, and you shoud have heard what he said about Tom Jones and his family.  Bunch of thieves etc.  Guy was funny.

[C855B]

... I've heard a few locals (a southern accent sneaking in there, causing them to drop the "R") almost pronounce Norfolk, Virginia as NAW-fick (or nearly NAW-f*ck).

Oh, that, too. My mom's mother pronounced it that way.

Always makes me think of this ditty: "We're the girls from Norfolk U, we don't smoke and we don't chew. Norfolk! Norfolk!" 

[davefoxx]

Oh, that, too. My mom's mother pronounced it that way.

Always makes me think of this ditty: "We're the girls from Norfolk U, we don't smoke and we don't chew. Norfolk! Norfolk!" 

Hahaha!  I've remember that.  Probably only makes sense to those who have spent time in and around the Tidewater area.

DFF

[VonRyan]

Rode a train through Wales back in the 80s.  No way any normal non Welch speaking person could prononce those town names.  Got a employees timetable of that line from a friendly conductor on the train.  Traded some Trains magazines for it.  He told me how to prononce the names but quickly gave me.  Oh, and you shoud have heard what he said about Tom Jones and his family.  Bunch of thieves etc.  Guy was funny.

I'm booking a Driver's Experience at the Talyllyn Railway in May. $700 for a 7.25 mile run each direction.
I have managed a few of the Welsh intricacies of pronunciation, but I hardly have enough Welsh heritage to become masterful.

[Kisatchie]

To continue the off-topic nature of this thread, New Orleans is pronounced "Noo Awlins."


Hmm... I always say,
New OrLeenz...

[GaryHinshaw]

Oh, that, too. My mom's mother pronounced it that way.

Always makes me think of this ditty: "We're the girls from Norfolk U, we don't smoke and we don't chew. Norfolk! Norfolk!" 

I don't know why, but this reminds me of the taunt hurled by the Yales fans at the Brown fans during the annual Yale-Brown game:

What's the colour of sh*t? 

BROWN!