  Hawthorne Member Username: Hawthorne Post Number: 11 Registered: 12-2006 |
I can understand why someone might misread the street name Lahser the first time and pronounce it Lasher. But why do some long-time residents insist that Lasher is the correct pronunciation? | ||
Quozl Member Username: Quozl Post Number: 763 Registered: 07-2005 |
Cuz (because) they are ignorant? (Message edited by jimg on June 15, 2007) (Message edited by quozl on June 15, 2007) | ||
Jimg Member Username: Jimg Post Number: 872 Registered: 10-2003 |
Always been Lasher...and Livernoise, too, while we're on the subject. Quozl, seems odd for someone who spells "cause" as "cuz" to suggest others are ignorant. | ||
Quinn Member Username: Quinn Post Number: 1382 Registered: 01-2005 |
People still can't figure out how to pronounce Goethe. (gur-tuh) I lived in Southfield for 4 years and consistently hear Lasher all over the place. No stranger than people visiting NY and pronouncing Houston Street like we pronounce the city. Now that's an interesting tidbit...anyone know why it's "How-ston" for the street yet "Hew-ston" for the city? | ||
Cambrian Member Username: Cambrian Post Number: 1173 Registered: 08-2006 |
I've heard that some people call Dequindre Deek-in-dire, or Gratiot as Grat-ee-yaht | ||
Kid_dynamite Member Username: Kid_dynamite Post Number: 15 Registered: 06-2007 |
how bout Yip-silanti? | ||
Cambrian Member Username: Cambrian Post Number: 1174 Registered: 08-2006 |
These same people would be heard at the Coney Island ordering a Jie-Row | ||
Hawthorne Member Username: Hawthorne Post Number: 13 Registered: 12-2006 |
Quinn: According to Wikipedia: "The street name Houston (pronounced HOW-stin) confuses many people from outside of New York (invariably becoming one of the easiest signs of spotting tourists) because the letters "ou" are pronounced as in the word house, whereas the same letters in the name of the city of Houston, Texas (pronounced HYOO-stin) are pronounced like the "u" in huge. This is because Houston Street was named for William Houstoun (note that the spelling is different), long before the fame of Sam Houston, for whom the city in Texas is named." | ||
Oldredfordette Member Username: Oldredfordette Post Number: 1988 Registered: 02-2004 |
I grew up three blocks from Lahser and it was always prounounced Lah-ser. | ||
Quozl Member Username: Quozl Post Number: 764 Registered: 07-2005 |
quote: Thanks Jimg for your odd observation and edit, I appreciate it! (Message edited by quozl on June 15, 2007) (Message edited by jimg on June 15, 2007) (Message edited by jimg on June 15, 2007) | ||
Hawthorne Member Username: Hawthorne Post Number: 14 Registered: 12-2006 |
It's always fun to hear radio broadcasters who are new to the Detroit area try to pronounce some of our french place-names as if they were actually French. Day-can-druh, Day-twah, Lee-vehr-nwah, etc. | ||
Detroitplanner Member Username: Detroitplanner Post Number: 1279 Registered: 04-2006 |
I grew up hearing it called Lasher. I personally don't think its worth arguements. It never made me upset to hear it pronounced differently. | ||
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge Post Number: 618 Registered: 10-2003 |
What's with all the strange editing today? | ||
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba Post Number: 5353 Registered: 11-2003 |
It's always been Lasher. It was out in Yeminsville somewhere far Westside to this yokel from Wyoming and Schoolcraft. Lahser was mispronounced by those living in the suburbs, expecially Lathrop Village with their noses up in the fucking air. Eastsiders, pronounce Gratiot for us. Thanks for the Houston article. Great explaination. jjaba. | ||
Kiplinger Member Username: Kiplinger Post Number: 51 Registered: 06-2006 |
The street signs on Lahser between the Lodge and 12 Mile used to say Lasher in the 70s. It changed in the 80s. I grew up with people calling it Lasher until the signs changed | ||
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge Post Number: 619 Registered: 10-2003 |
If "Houston" is pronounced "Howston", then shouldn't SoHo be pronounced SoHow? | ||
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge Post Number: 620 Registered: 10-2003 |
Now that I think of it, since south is pronounced "Sowth", the district should be called SowHow. Welcome to the trendy district of SowHow. | ||
Focusonthed Member Username: Focusonthed Post Number: 1034 Registered: 02-2006 |
SowHow is how someone from Alabama would pronounce SoHo. Heh. | ||
Iheartthed Member Username: Iheartthed Post Number: 979 Registered: 04-2006 |
"SowHow is how someone from Alabama would pronounce SoHo. Heh." I was thinking someone from the Upper West Side of Manhattan. | ||
65memories Member Username: 65memories Post Number: 420 Registered: 10-2003 |
The Lahser family was on J.P. McCarthy's Focus program on WJR many years ago and told him they had always pronounced their name "Lash-er" | ||
Gsgeorge Member Username: Gsgeorge Post Number: 155 Registered: 08-2006 |
My grandmother lived on Lahser and we always said Lasher. Lahser = Lasher Bois Blanc = Boblo Livernois = Liver-noy (Message edited by gsgeorge on June 15, 2007) | ||
Gargoyle Member Username: Gargoyle Post Number: 82 Registered: 04-2006 |
One of my personal favorites is a street on the east side: Marseilles, pronounced "Marcellus", not "Mar-say". Since I'm not from that neighborhood I make no claim to know which is correct. | ||
Kville Member Username: Kville Post Number: 65 Registered: 04-2007 |
As an eastsider, we never called it "Marcellus" - it was always "Mar-say." "Cad-jew" was never "Cad-ee-oox" either; and of course no self-respecting eastsider would say "Gra-tee-ot" for Gratiot. Regional pronunciations are always going to happen (I lived in western Missouri for a while where Nevada was "Nev-ay-da"). Probably what makes the Lasher/Lahser debate more controversial is that even the locals can't seem to agree on it. | ||
Fury13 Member Username: Fury13 Post Number: 1788 Registered: 10-2003 |
When I lived in Reno, Nevada, it was always fun to hear the tourists mispronounce the state name (they'd invariably say "neh-VAHH-duh"). But the town of Nevada, Iowa is pronounced "neh-VAY-duh," just as the town of Eldorado, Texas is pronounced "el-duh-RAY-duh." | ||
Urbanize Member Username: Urbanize Post Number: 1335 Registered: 02-2007 |
Well sheesh, it doesn't matter. Just like the Sander's Ice Cream, it's just another street to drive on. Some can call it Shitty for all I care. | ||
Ed_golick Member Username: Ed_golick Post Number: 680 Registered: 10-2003 |
I say Lah-ser, but then I also say Feb-ru-ary. | ||
Young_detroiter Member Username: Young_detroiter Post Number: 203 Registered: 08-2004 |
How about the great "aunt" debate pronounced as "AHnt" and "ant." Inner-city residents prefer the former, while surbanites tend to use the latter. Suburbanite: My "ant" lives by "LAHser." Urbanite: My "AHnt" lives by "LASHer I pronounce the street in both manners, but it annoys the wind out of me when I hear "LiverNOISE" instead of Li-ver-noi" (Livernois). Or "La-FEH-et" instead of "Lah-fai-YETTE" (Lafayette). | ||
Young_detroiter Member Username: Young_detroiter Post Number: 204 Registered: 08-2004 |
By the way, what sound does a "liver" make? | ||
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz Post Number: 2346 Registered: 12-2005 |
quote:"spoik," when you stomp on it. I've heard New Englanders and others pronounce it as "AHnt." It caught me off guard at first. I learned it as "ant." | ||
Cambrian Member Username: Cambrian Post Number: 1182 Registered: 08-2006 |
Dunno, but I know what a colon sounds like. | ||
Cmubryan Member Username: Cmubryan Post Number: 443 Registered: 11-2003 |
Young_Detroit wouldn't the second sentence read "My ahnt STAYS by LASHer?" | ||
Lilpup Member Username: Lilpup Post Number: 2333 Registered: 06-2004 |
The ant ahnt thing is most likely the difference in regional accents - ahnt is not common around here among residents of a generation or two - it's that northern cities vowel shifting going on a few interesting comments on Detroit v Windsor accents here | ||
Mauser765 Member Username: Mauser765 Post Number: 1565 Registered: 01-2004 |
"It's always fun to hear radio broadcasters who are new to the Detroit area" Paul W Smith pronounces "detroit" as "dee TROT". |
