British Couple Try to Pronounce TEXAS Town Names

British Couple Try to Pronounce TEXAS Town Names
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[@spinalobifida]

Waylon Jennings has a song called Lukenbach, Texas

[@janetbaker645]

I was thinking of that song when I saw the name…couldn’t remember who sang it.

[@KZ-np8fz]

This is cute... but Welsh and Irish towns can be pretty perplexing to pronounce for visitors.

[@bradparnell614]

When I discovered I had Welsh ancestry (as well as English, Irish, and Scottish) I looked at some of the language. It's like they just grabbed a bunch of left over letters from multiple Scrabble games and then pulled them out of a hat to name things.

[@jeffreyisbell7471]

And even some German towns in here too! Jerman is a German town I’m pretty sure

[@RealDiehl99]

​@@bradparnell614🤣 I think you've described that perfectly🤣

[@charlotteminshew16]

Lol - I'm a Texan and have been mispronouncing some of these names all my life, apparently 😅😅😅

[@hkjuhucampbell4005]

Luckenbach is a famous town is a Willy Nelson song.

[@wordkyle]

I've lived in Texas my entire very long life and I still can't remember how to pronounce all these towns. One note: Lazbuddie is "LAZZ buddy". Don't overthink it.

[@FFTEX55]

As a native Texan I have been calling bullshit on certain names of towns in this state my entire life.

[@beernmetal6964]

It's not just city names, street names will mess you up too. In Pasadena, Tatar is pronounced "Tart-er". North side of Houston is a street called Kuykendahl. It's pronounced "Kirk-en-doll". We seem to add hard "Rs" to names.

[@JustMe-gn6yf]

And Texas has a few odd named towns and cities like Frognot , Gun Barrel and Cut and Shoot

[@LaShumbraBatesAuDHD]

I would've pronounced Tatar like tater tots. 😂

[@kevananne]

James, you are super competitive….love you guys!

[@pambarab5506]

Less than an hour from Nacogdoches (knack uh doe chez) is a town named Natchitoches (knack' uh tish). It's all a mix of native American, Spanish, French, and German names mainly, with settlers who couldn't pronounce them. 😂

[@robertmcdonald9834]

Went to school in Nacogdoches, SFASU!!

[@johncentamore1052]

Matt Mitchell has a hilarious life-in-the-south channel...the bald guy with the beard

[@midlifecrisis2988]

New Braunfels is home to one of the best waterparks in the world. If you get a chance, take a look at some Schlitterbahn videos.

[@randalmayeux8880]

Hi guys! Y'all did pretty good. We've got a mix of German, Spanish, Indigenous, Czech, Polish and English, so we have some weird spelling and pronouncing names.

[@pampresley9311]

Don’t forget the native tongues of the Comanche, and others who were here first. Hell, most people can’t even pronounce Houston properly!

[@R.POWELL]

Hey you 3. We do have some weird town names here in Texas. 🤗

[@michaelrue1400]

We have some rather bizarre ones in California too.

[@hughfuller8416]

Shared this with Texans. They laughed and thought y’all were super cute. The said the best to Millie for delivery of the baby.

[@kclovelypinky8561]

Yeah we also have a lot of town and city names that are hard for other ppl outside of wisconsin that r hard to pronounce just because a lot of them are named from native americans tribes and after them too or a word from their language or a sometimes their leader's name. But we also have German and polish places named from their language too i think. I'm polish on both sides cause my last name has ski and that usually is polish but also I learned from my family that my mom and dad's side r both polish mostly with a bit of German in us possibly.

[@kclovelypinky8561]

Iike Oconomowoc

[@kclovelypinky8561]

Or other ones to lol so I totally get the feeling of mispronounced in ur state

[@Michael-kf7gm]

As a life-long Texas native, I loved this video. I got all except one correct! I used to live in Corpus Christi, and I remember when I learned that Refugio was pronounced Refurio, and as a college student I was like…this is ridiculous. I’ve also lived in Houston, Austin and Fort Worth. So this was fun.

[@marythornhill9491]

I live close to Nacogdoches. Its the oldest town in Texas.

[@richardsbrandon5027]

I'm now in northern San Antonio, :)))

[@danbarry4772]

I went to Roosevelt high. A million years ago.

[@richardsbrandon5027]

@@danbarry4772 The father has played tennis there.

[@caseymitchell5477]

Im always surprised Kosciusko isn't on there

[@denp54z]

It's in Mississippi !

[@caseymitchell5477]

@@denp54z it's outside San Antonio

[@denp54z]

@@caseymitchell5477 Wow 2 towns named "Kosciusko". I knew about one in Mississippi but not one in Texas. But Texas does have a lot of towns and has names of other towns & cities from all over the world too.

[@reverendsquirrel]

I know some of these just because of my favorite podcast team: Small Town Murder.

[@NathanMalnaa]

6:47 theres an funny old commercial with that name in it, idk what its called but its good youll like it lol

[@thegreatalyssa]

I've been to all of those towns and I got them all right.

[@denp54z]

8:50 Then you go east from Nacogdoches Texas an hour or so into Louisiana (Luziana) and you end up in Natchitoches, Louisiana. The little brother of Nacogdoches !

[@dr.burtgummerfan439]

There are communities near me named Chalybeate (KLEE-bit) and Sinking Creek (pronounced Sankin Creek, if you say "Sinking", everyone will laugh at you). There's also a Penitentiary Mountain (Penna-taint-chury Mountain), a Caddo (CAD- oh), and a Pumpkin Center (pronounced "punkin").

[@michaelrue1400]

Is there a prison on Penitentiary Mountain?

[@scrambler69-xk3kv]

Have a crack at these. Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania and Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

[@jeanaprewitt9658]

How about Alvord, TX? "AL-void." My grandparents were from Wise County, the only reason I know this one.

[@lilkris3008]

lived 2hrs from humble and I've always heard hum-Ball

[@rosemary44]

I lived in Mexia and everyone pronounced it different.I still don't know how to pronounce a lot of them right😂

[@denp54z]

Did you ever hear the Mexia and Dairy Queen joke ?

[@corinnepmorrison1854]

@@denp54z I am from Wyoming…vía Nevada but first California… I have not heard the joke…

[@denp54z]

@@corinnepmorrison1854 It is also a blonde girl joke. So an older couple stop at a fast food place for some ice cream while RV'ing pass through Mexia, Texas are discussing among themselves on to pronounce the towns name. So the perky blonde girl brings them their Banana Split and the man ask her if he can ask her question, she snaps her chewing gum and say in her best Texan accent " Well, ... I gez so, go ahead & ask" So the old guy says " What is the correct pronunciation of this place?" She gives that look, you know the one, and says " Really pops, that's easy- "Dairy Queen" then turns around and sashays off to the counter . Yeah I know it's corny and silly !

[@justintrefney1083]

I think town names in Massachusetts and Michigan are the hardest

[@easybreezy4559]

Mass wins lol as a NY’er I can assure you it’s awful

[@jimgreen5788]

@justintrefney1083, I have a list of places with hard names from all 50 states, and it's now over 2300, and I'd have to say Alaska has the most tongue twisters; for that state, the list presently numbers 201.

[@trishlarocca]

Florida.. 😆

[@BIGGER_RED]

I've lived over by Waxachie my whole life and everybody I've ever known says WAX-ahachie, not Wo-ahachie

[@BIGBLOCK5022006]

I live in Michigan and we have some places that would be difficult to pronounce for those that area from here.

[@grumblesa10]

Some words sound German, because they are. There was a large German (and Swiss?) immigration in the 19th Century.

[@GalvMermaid50]

Galveston, TX

[@gregleighton6172]

Paraphrasing Kid Rocks character in the movie Joe Dirt. "Stop trying to church it up Texas." Just pronounce the names like they should be. 😂

[@kevindunn5650]

Luchenbach has a song dedicated to it.

[@NathanMalnaa]

3:30 Boerne, the only reason i know how to pronounce this is because of a KZbinr i follow is from there lol

[@hkjuhucampbell4005]

Iraan was named after two people Ira an Ann combined names.

[@easybreezy4559]

Massachusetts has some tough ones

[@BarabooTycoon]

You should try Wisconsin names.

[@RicardoRamirez-us7hf]

That was fun thanks. Hey James fyi I have been with you guy before Millie was on I remember the first time you two were together. Now for the pass week and a half your videos are coming out and I am not getting the notifications for your vid's. Are they mad at you or is it a programing error.

[@anthonyramirez9003]

Well to be honest. In native Mexican language, an X is pronounced as "Shee". So the first one would be pronounced "Mesheeia".. I consider myself.. 'Mesheeian". Not Mexican with a hard X.

[@ricardodumas9161]

Lol, Mexia has nothing to do with the “native Mexican language”. The place was named after a Mexican general from the 19th century (born before Mexican Independence) and the surname is of Spanish origin, nowadays seen more with a “j” instead of an “x” (Mejía).

[@SGlitz]

Mexican Spanish. :)

[@kdm71291]

You can't go by how Texans pronounce things, they can't even pronounce Amarillo correctly! (The "Ls" are silent and it is the Spanish word for yellow).

[@LaSpiritsgirl]

I’ve been to Study Butte lol

[@raymondproseus6923]

Our names come from the Indigenous people of Texia and from the Spanish. Somewhere along the way, we got drunk and mashed them together.

[@paulamanohar3814]

Some are named after German and Czech immigrants.

[@raymondproseus6923]

@@paulamanohar3814 Fredricksburg and like 99% of Central Texas are where most of the Czech and German names come from.

[@RicIngh]

They didn't have Buda in the list

[@erIkkellstrom9007]

You should try Michigan cities names.

[@michaelairheart6921]

Lol.I would be cheating because I live close to some of these towns, I used to live in Palestine, and I was born in Burnet.

[@katiebwheeler]

I live about 35min north of burnet :)

[@danbarry4772]

Millie nailed Nacogdoches and ome other.I can't remember which.

[@bradparnell614]

I've heard of the town before but there's also a song I like called "Buenos Noches from Nacogdoches" which helps me keep the correct pronunciation in my head.

[@tvc1848]

… and a couple of hours away across the Sabine River in Louisiana is Natchitoches. 😂

[@denp54z]

Yeah, I live 15 miles from there .

[@patarnold402]

Also San Antonio ❤❤

[@davidnielson9139]

Which sits in Bexar county -- but is pronounced "bear".

[@2012mrrapture]

One town in the Texas panhandle they didn't mention is Quitaque. Pronounced Kitty kway

[@sslerlin]

Texas has Spanish, Mexican and native American influences to strange names are probably normal

[@HistoryNerd808]

There's also a lot of German influence in the Hill Country

[@RoGueNavy]

Beasleys Three! Thanks for taking enjoyment in my home State!

[@txheadshots]

I’ve been in Texas for almost 40 years and drive through Refugio all the time .. I’ve *never* heard it pronounced the way it says is correct in this video

[@russellgtyler8288]

I live 40 miles from refugio, I knew that would be a swing and a miss. It is Spanish for refuge.

[@dgpatter]

Ok. I’m calling out the blonde from San Antonio. Boerne is a close suburb of SA; she knew that pronunciation her whole life.

[@cherylsorrell74]

Two other towns here in Texas that I pronounced wrong and was corrected real quick like are- Pecos (Pay-cus) and Lamesa (La-me-sa) You will find towns throughout the USA that are said differently than y'all would think. Millie you look gorgeous❤

[@davidcosta2244]

I would like to see you two do a video of pronouncing Massachusetts place names. It would be nice to see your pronouncing of towns like: Billerica, Peabody, Onset ect.

[@jimgreen5788]

@davidcosta2244, I agree, and a great place to start would be Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg.😂

[@smokeyverton7981]

I like It's a Southern Thing channel. I enjoy Matt's review of fast food biscuits

[@bradparnell614]

I live in a city with a name that is often mispronounced by others. Here in Louisville it's joked about. Our chamber of commerce even had a sign made up with lots of different pronunciations. The farthest away I've been from home is Los Angeles, CA which is over 2,000 miles away and when I was introduced as being from Louisville the first question I was asked was how to pronounce the name of the city. If you watch the Kentucky Derby, college football, or college basketball, you will hear the announcers usually pronounce it the way we natives do, which I admit is kind of weird. The correct prounciation is LOO-EE-VILL, but we say Loo-UH-vull. There are people in the state but out of town who get it closer than those out of state. We can almost tell if you're from some other part of Kentucky or from another state just by the way you say it.

[@Cricket2731]

I saw a game show in which it was asked, "Is the capital of KY pronounced Lewis-vill or Looee-vill?" Contestants guessed wrong! (It's said FRANK-fert!)

[@bradparnell614]

I actually remember listening to a couple of kids in the hall in high school debating whether Louisville or Lexington was the capital. Sad. Of course the fighting between which city should be the capital is why Frankfort, a city pretty much in the center of the two, became the capital in the first place.

[@jimgreen5788]

Beesleys, the reason Gruene is pronounced Green is because it's down near San Antonio, which used to be a big area where Texas German was spoken. Then, along came the world wars where Germany was the bad guys, so it wasn't safe to speak German anymore. "Gruene" is how it's spelled in German, but it translates as 'green'. . . . same story as above, and named after a German city--BROWN-felce. I don't know where the Study came from in "Study Butte", but a butte is a variation of a plateau, and there's a city in Montana with that name.

[@michaelrue1400]

I thought that was more of a French thing, throw in a bunch of extra letters and don't pronounce them.

[@user-os1in7kt5j]

bonus name : Beaux County (San Antonio)

[@rsh300]

It's Bexar County and it's pronounced like behr, bear, or bare

[@terryjones446]

Try this one: Natchitoches. This is the Louisiana sister to Nacogdoches, Tx. And it’s pronounced totally different! I’m from Louisiana and you need to try the names in our crazy state💜💜💜

[@randalmayeux8880]

Yeah, it's pronounced Nak- uh- tush. There's a hotel that has the phonetic spelling on its sign.

[@terryjones446]

Hey Randal if your last name is Mayeux your def from Louisiana!💜

[@tvc1848]

@@terryjones446 Only if knowing how to pronounce it. 👍🏼 Like Trahan, Hollier, Sonnier, Hebert….. 😀

[@terryjones446]

Exactly! I guess I’m used to it and never think others might not know

[@denp54z]

I live near there ,15 miles. And we live in Luziana ! Not " Louis-is-ana" !

[@gerarda1705]

Texas people they need to back to school Omg! Bad pronunciation Just remember Texas or Tejas Think about Spanish pronunciation

[@usmc24thmeu36]

There is no such country called palestine. There is an area that people call palestine but no country.

[@Alphaangell]

Remember is Texas we have some Hispanic words and Indians