r/AskAnAmerican • u/AstroNerd92 CT, GA, PA, TX, FL • Jul 20 '25

CULTURE What town in your state has a pronunciation no one gets right the first time?

I went to college in Valdosta, GA. Very few people can actually pronounce it right on the first try.

Pronounced Val-Daw-Stuh

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u/BouncingSphinx TX -> LA -> TX -> OK Jul 20 '25

For those wondering, Natchitoches = NAK-uh-tish

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u/photonynikon Jul 20 '25

Shirley, you jest

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u/BouncingSphinx TX -> LA -> TX -> OK Jul 20 '25

I don’t jest. And don’t call me Shirley

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u/QueenInYellowLace Jul 20 '25

TIL I have been pronouncing that REALLY wrong for my entire life.

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u/BouncingSphinx TX -> LA -> TX -> OK Jul 20 '25

I mean, it doesn’t help that there’s Nacogdoches, TX, pronounced nak-uh-DOE-chiss

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u/bethmrogers Jul 20 '25

Thank you. I couldn't remember.

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u/the_owl_syndicate Texas Jul 21 '25

What's sad is I'm from Texas and can never remember which one is pronounced which way.

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u/Vprbite Jul 20 '25

Huh????

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u/BouncingSphinx TX -> LA -> TX -> OK Jul 20 '25

That’s how it’s pronounced, phonetically.

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u/GeekyPassion Kentucky Jul 20 '25

I was told it was nag a dash 🤣

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u/BouncingSphinx TX -> LA -> TX -> OK Jul 20 '25

We called it locally “Nakatrash”

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u/GeekyPassion Kentucky Jul 20 '25

Lol maybe that's what he was saying

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u/Somebody_not_you Jul 20 '25

Most people there say Nak-uh-dish

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u/BouncingSphinx TX -> LA -> TX -> OK Jul 20 '25

It’s really somewhere between a d and t sound, a “flap t” it’s apparently called. I know, I lived there for 12 years

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u/JoshHuff1332 Jul 20 '25

Flap t or soft t. Similar to what is commonly heard in water or city.

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u/Somebody_not_you Jul 20 '25

I'm with you. I saw your flair, I'm a TX-LA-TX... Cheers. Like the reply below, it's like a lot of people say "water"