  Dede313 Member Username: Dede313 Post Number: 16 Registered: 11-2006 |
It just irritates me when people say datroit..we are not french people... | ||
Kronprinz Member Username: Kronprinz Post Number: 162 Registered: 12-2006 |
dehh -droit | ||
Livernoisyard Member Username: Livernoisyard Post Number: 2888 Registered: 10-2004 |
Who cares (gives a shit) how New Orleans, Detroit, Louisville, or Milwaukee are pronounced? There is no one way. | ||
Lmichigan Member Username: Lmichigan Post Number: 5269 Registered: 10-2003 |
I say it a lot of different ways. It's never the same. Sometimes, it's Di-troit, sometimes it's Duh-troit, sometimes it's Dee-troit...etc. I use the first two the most, though. | ||
Milwaukee Member Username: Milwaukee Post Number: 1055 Registered: 08-2006 |
Dee-troit | ||
Jimg Member Username: Jimg Post Number: 810 Registered: 10-2003 |
Sometimes say "Deetrite". Look, if this issue was Important, NDavies would have chimed in with the correct pron. | ||
Barnesfoto Member Username: Barnesfoto Post Number: 3250 Registered: 10-2003 |
Duh-troit. thanks for asking. | ||
Lilpup Member Username: Lilpup Post Number: 1887 Registered: 06-2004 |
generally, traditionally speaking: Deh-troit (or even Duh-troit) is from those whose families have older roots here DEE-troit is a Southern influenced affectation Deh-troy-IT is from Ontario Day-twa is the proper French | ||
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz Post Number: 1747 Registered: 12-2005 |
To me it always sounded like Coleman Young pronounced it Dee-tro-it, 3 syllables. Then again, yeah, does it matter? | ||
Fury13 Member Username: Fury13 Post Number: 1453 Registered: 10-2003 |
dih-TROIT. Accent on the second syllable. If you pronounce it differently, your family's probably only been here a couple of generations (in other words, you're a newbie). | ||
Rrl Member Username: Rrl Post Number: 765 Registered: 12-2003 |
Actually LivernoisYd, Milwaukee is in fact pronounced "mill-e-wah-que" which is Algonquin for "the good land." | ||
Scottr Member Username: Scottr Post Number: 450 Registered: 07-2006 |
dih-TROIT. American Heritage Dictionary and Webster's College Dictionary agree. DEE-troit is more of an Auburn Hills thing.  (Message edited by scottr on March 21, 2007) | ||
Leland_palmer Member Username: Leland_palmer Post Number: 253 Registered: 08-2004 |
dih-TROIT | ||
Lilpup Member Username: Lilpup Post Number: 1888 Registered: 06-2004 |
Coleman Young wasn't a native Detroiter. He was from Alabama. (Deh-, Duh-, Dih-, at times I've actually thought about which is the most accurate sound) | ||
Lmichigan Member Username: Lmichigan Post Number: 5271 Registered: 10-2003 |
Yeah, I forgot to mention I place the emphasis on the second syllable. | ||
Soulhawk Member Username: Soulhawk Post Number: 294 Registered: 04-2004 |
Rrl must have been backstage with Alice Cooper! | ||
Jeduncan Member Username: Jeduncan Post Number: 77 Registered: 11-2006 |
Dee-Twah | ||
Crash_nyc Member Username: Crash_nyc Post Number: 792 Registered: 08-2004 |
"Dee-TROIT" (for natives like me) "DEE-troit" (for my fellow New Yorkers that dont have a clue) | ||
Charlottepaul Member Username: Charlottepaul Post Number: 706 Registered: 10-2006 |
'DEE-troit' for those outside of the city and that have never lived there, such as down here in the south. | ||
Detroitplanner Member Username: Detroitplanner Post Number: 1119 Registered: 04-2006 |
Day-troyt (soft-t at end) | ||
Jan Member Username: Jan Post Number: 17 Registered: 07-2006 |
Dih-TROIT, only. Hate Deetroit. And yes, people who live outside the area say it this way all of the time. jan | ||
Dds Member Username: Dds Post Number: 174 Registered: 10-2006 |
This is going to turn into one of those stupid "Michigander" or "Michiganian" type threads, isn't it? Cripes. | ||
Iheartthed Member Username: Iheartthed Post Number: 538 Registered: 04-2006 |
People on the east coast tend to say "Dih-troit". I say it like that too amongst my snobby peers, but when I'm home it's "DEE-TROIT". | ||
Savannahsmiles Member Username: Savannahsmiles Post Number: 21 Registered: 05-2005 |
Dds, I frequent another forum which consists mainly of women (1 man). We discuss many things and there are times when someone will say something others might not care for. During those times, we exercise a very cool concept which we like to call SOB. SOB, for those who don't know, means Scroll On By. ;-) I tend to say Dih-troit, myself. :-) | ||
Revolutionary Member Username: Revolutionary Post Number: 125 Registered: 09-2004 |
I'm going with the Jerry Cavanaugh pronunciation: http://www.archive.org/details /DetroitC1965 (Message edited by Revolutionary on March 22, 2007) | ||
Mackinaw Member Username: Mackinaw Post Number: 2609 Registered: 02-2005 |
Anything but DEE-troit. Unfortunately this is what most people in the sports media say when they talk about our teams. It's definitly a proven fact that the emphasis is not on the first syllable; the Ontario way that Lilpup identifies might be my favorite foreign version, but the proper pronounciation remains the one with the short, unemphasized 'e.' | ||
Oldredfordette Member Username: Oldredfordette Post Number: 1362 Registered: 02-2004 |
DEE-troit is an insult. | ||
Urbanize Member Username: Urbanize Post Number: 308 Registered: 02-2007 |
I See DE-Troit, saying it like that is not an insult. In reality, the wya we say it anyway is an insult to our French Ancestors, as they said it DAI-TROUT. | ||
Umstucoach Member Username: Umstucoach Post Number: 134 Registered: 04-2006 |
Southern migration during the first part of the 20th century made it DEE-troit (that would always bug my dad to hear it called DEE-troit, and my family isn't originally from SE Michigan). I guess it doesn't help when people call it the "D" either. | ||
Spacemonkey Member Username: Spacemonkey Post Number: 179 Registered: 03-2006 |
De-toilet | ||
Jt1 Member Username: Jt1 Post Number: 8614 Registered: 10-2003 |
Stupid thread but I just call it home. | ||
Steelworker Member Username: Steelworker Post Number: 834 Registered: 02-2004 |
I would day Duhtroit, never thought about it till this thread, Im starting to realize you are right that DEEtroit is newer family way of sayin it. | ||
Traxus Member Username: Traxus Post Number: 85 Registered: 02-2006 |
duh troit Out of town folk tend say dee troit, those of us who live here have usually become too lazy to say the 'ee' every time. Midwestren-slur speak. | ||
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba Post Number: 5054 Registered: 11-2003 |
Space monkey, you ARE a space monkey. dih-TROIT, heard from an old timey Detroiter. If you say fucking DEE-troit, you also say INN-surance, DISS-play, and gonna go. You're illiterate and grew up somewhere's between Ashland and Louisa, Kentucky. Using the Coleman Young di-troi-it is perfectly acceptable. Don't confuse him with DEE-troit which is so ignorant. Ofcourse, those of us on The Forum like da-twa because we be so hip and so French. jjaba, Westside Bar Mitzvah Bukkor. | ||
Soulsauce Member Username: Soulsauce Post Number: 194 Registered: 05-2004 |
Dih-TROIT for me (or deh-TROIT). DEE-troit only when followed by BASKETBAAAAAAAALLLLLLL!!! (The DEE-troit pronunciation drove me crazy while watching the movie "Dreamgirls." Hollywood never gets the pronunciation right.) | ||
Burnsie Member Username: Burnsie Post Number: 915 Registered: 11-2003 |
From Larousse's French-English English-French Dictionary, 1996 ed.: detroit [detrwa] nm strait. The e in Detroit has an accent aigu (slanting upwards). Unfortunately, it looks like you can't insert accents on this site. | ||
Mikeg Member Username: Mikeg Post Number: 720 Registered: 12-2005 |
détroit Go to Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools to get the Character Map. Select the special character you want and note the ASCII keystroke code in the lower right corner. The e with the acute accent has a ASCII code of 233. Use the ASCII code tag in the Miscellaneous section in place of the character when you write your post. | ||
Andylinn Member Username: Andylinn Post Number: 333 Registered: 04-2006 |
ok.... "DA-troit" as a pronunciation is NOT the french way to say it... if you want to say it french like it would be: something like: "DAY-TWAH" which is cool. i prefer the oldtimey pronounce of: "DEE-TROY-IT" that's the way it's done... but in practicality, i just say "dee-troit" | ||
Urbanize Member Username: Urbanize Post Number: 322 Registered: 02-2007 |
I thought about forgetting the "W" afer I typed my post Andylinn, ty for enlightening us. The "DEE-TROY-IT" way is like a hyped up party way to say the name of the city. | ||
Eastsidedame Member Username: Eastsidedame Post Number: 8 Registered: 12-2006 |
DEE-TROY-IT is for when you're writing a song and you need three syllables. It's pronounced D'troyt. Dih-troyt sounds just about the same and is also right. Accent always on the second syllable. Except in French class, then it's "DEH-TWAH" (the strait). N'est-ce pas? | ||
Dede313 Member Username: Dede313 Post Number: 17 Registered: 11-2006 |
Da troit sounds so country...I say deetroit, i like emphasizing the D and E!! I also have stayed in Deeetroit my whole life,and i am not ignorant if I am ..someone tell me | ||
Gistok Member Username: Gistok Post Number: 3881 Registered: 08-2004 |
It has the same inflection as Cadieux, Schoenherr, Gratiot and Goethe... | ||
Larryinflorida Member Username: Larryinflorida Post Number: 29 Registered: 02-2007 |
Next week's topic: People who say Lash-er road. | ||
Gistok Member Username: Gistok Post Number: 3882 Registered: 08-2004 |
.... and there are 2 R's in LIBRARY.... .... and the "K" comes after the "S" in ASK... .... and PORK is not a verb.... | ||
Larryinflorida Member Username: Larryinflorida Post Number: 30 Registered: 02-2007 |
And a personalized license plate does not mean a family member made it. | ||
Rhymeswithrawk Member Username: Rhymeswithrawk Post Number: 497 Registered: 11-2005 |
Duh-troit. Only rubes from Auburn Hills say "Deeeeeee-troit." | ||
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba Post Number: 5057 Registered: 11-2003 |
Ok, so you got Dolly Parton with her DEE-troit City. I wanna go home. Gistok reminds jjaba about OJ Simpson. The boys down to Southcentral LA (Normandy and Florence) were arguing with OJ about some damn thang. And one guys says, "Ax Nicole, jes Ax her." OJ went home and axed her awright. jjaba, there's a lesson here about good diction. deh-TROIT, jes ax jjaba. Nobody here says "getta-go" either. And please, don't call for the PO-lice. | ||
Michmeister Member Username: Michmeister Post Number: 149 Registered: 10-2006 |
Call us Deetroiters or Datroiters. Just don`t call us late for dinner. | ||
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba Post Number: 5058 Registered: 11-2003 |
Michmeister, how's they call us down yonder in the Delta country? jjaba. | ||
Missnmich Member Username: Missnmich Post Number: 583 Registered: 11-2004 |
Yankees. | ||
Bulletmagnet Member Username: Bulletmagnet Post Number: 143 Registered: 01-2007 |
Doe, a Dee, a Dee Troit Dee... | ||
Erikd Member Username: Erikd Post Number: 828 Registered: 10-2003 |
Dih-TROIT is the most common local pronunciation. I don't know any Detroiters that say "DEE-troit"... | ||
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba Post Number: 5065 Registered: 11-2003 |
Missnmich, we eagerly await your survey in a Southern church on how to pronounce the auto capital of the world, a large ciy in Michigan. Do it before jjaba calls to the PO-lice. jjaba, LOL. | ||
Michmeister Member Username: Michmeister Post Number: 150 Registered: 10-2006 |
Them kindly folks up no`th? Theys always been Deeetroitas, I reckon. The po-lice? Thems those critters that be crawlin on yo hind quarters, if yall ain`t been in the crick, bathin` like yo mama telled ya. | ||
Pam Member Username: Pam Post Number: 1223 Registered: 11-2005 |
quote: Didn't Ted Nugent say it that way in "Motor City Madhouse"? | ||
Lilpup Member Username: Lilpup Post Number: 1915 Registered: 06-2004 |
probably why he moved to Texas | ||
Kronprinz Member Username: Kronprinz Post Number: 185 Registered: 12-2006 |
The late great Michigan historian Arthur Pound had a little passage in his book "Detroit, Dynamic City" as to who pronounces it how and why ... but I can't seem to find it. For people who are into why people pronounce words certain ways and how dialects evolved in this country I suggest H.L. Menckens "The American Language". Super Fascinating for aspiring wordsmiths. | ||
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz Post Number: 1755 Registered: 12-2005 |
This didn't seem worth starting another thread but it was interesting nonetheless: Grand Valley State linguist listens to Yoopers' talk, eh? | ||
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba Post Number: 5066 Registered: 11-2003 |
Missnmich knows the difference between Yankees and damn Yankees, we bet. Yankees come down South and visit, vacation and leave. Damn Yankees stay there. These days, plenty of damn Yankees in NC, Ark., etc., eh. How many of you don't know what "Up North" means to a Detroiter? And then there's the "Ma-troit, MO-FO" crowd. That's another variation on the theme of Detroit. jjaba, Westsider on the Dexter bus. |
