We Tried (again) to Pronounce these Mississippi Town Names

In the South, never judge a town name by the way it's spelled. These town names in Mississippi are no exception.
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[@ashleykey91]

When i think of Pascagoula, I automatically think of Mississippi Squirrel Revival by Ray Stevens! That's how I knew how to pronounce it.

[@simplyhuman3982]

Ray Stevens is awesome.

[@Jml416]

Thank you. I thought everyone would get that one right.

[@sallyphillips9175]

The First Self-Righteous Church!

[@LilFrend]

Ashley Key Yes!! The day the squirrel went berserk in the First Self-Righteous Church in that sleepy little town of Pascagoula!

[@bryannablackwood]

That's what I thought too

[@missyl4852]

From Mississippi, can't say half the names myself lol

[@mortem1211]

I don't think anyone can pronounce Mississippi names the first try lol.

[@fbhottie25]

I was just saying this. I only got half right and it’s because I heard of them before lol

[@notinthegulag_3370]

I’m from Mississippi too and I could only pronounce the ones I heard before and like one or two others

[@halaynahuckaby4931]

For real

[@BRAVOUNIFORM1]

Same

[@mattcraft7758]

D’Lo gets its name from the river that passes thru. Which according to the locals at the time, was too “Damn low”.

[@itsmicahjai]

d’lo means water in Creole

[@animodium2670]

It might actually be of French origin. Truth is no one knows where the name came from.

[@larrycockrell9216]

The River that passes through D’Lo is the Strong River.

[@mwater_moon2865]

yeah, but it's said D'Lo De-low just like D'wayne is De-wayne

[@beckyroberts8315]

This can’t be real. Have y’all really never heard the day the squirrel went berserk? I mean, you can’t be southern if you don’t know that song. If you know that song then Pascagoula is a given.

[@JoshDonat]

Becky Roberts I had the exact same thought! I saw the name and immediately thought of “that sleepy little town of Pascagoula”!

[@thatsnotmyname8212]

Becky Roberts my thoughts exactly!

[@sabrinal.5825]

Love me some Ray!!!

[@rebeccajolly3752]

LOL seriously 😂

[@mississippirougarou]

D'Lo is a *very* shortened form of the French "De l'eau non potable" which refers to the water being undrinkable because of tannins.

[@jpc486]

I'm from Mississippi and I struggled on some of them. I'm surprised Gautier didn't make the list tho.

[@AerCloud]

I think it was on the 1st attempt...

[@jpc486]

@@AerCloud Yeah I watched the other one and it was on it. It was the second town.

[@justinormon3504]

Yes I’m from Gauiter

[@ShellyS2060]

@@justinormon3504 guhLoo-ther?

[@cutclown2033]

I’m From Gautier lol

[@KarniaQueen1]

Born and raised Mississippian here! Great job on the names. I only knew 2.

[@spanxbambii1348]

Heyooo from Mississippi....I still can’t pronounce any signs while I’m on the road. 😂

[@UnclePhil73]

The founders of D’Lo were reported to have scouted the land and remarked, “This place is too damn low.” The apostrophe was so it could be said amongst the general public.

[@cameronkuriger2509]

There’s also nothing in D’Lo

[@Glassandcandy]

That’s not where it comes from. It comes from French the same way towns like “delisle” are “d’” is a French prefix that means “of/from”.

[@rainbug714]

I live in Magnolia, MS. Probably the second easiest town (behind Jackson) in the state to pronounce. Y’all should do one where Mississippians pronounce names in other states. That would be entertaining.

[@brucewilliams473]

Hey fellow Pike county, Chatawa, here Bruce Williams, Hello.

[@YOLOMCM1324]

I'm from Tupelo and I pretty much got all of these right on the first try.

[@zerosoma33]

These cooyons would probably pronounce it “Maganoleeah” or something similar

[@LanceDean]

Commenting from Chunky, Mississippi. You guys are great.

[@randyodom3804]

They didn't even attempt to pronounce Kosciusko, Ms. Now that would have been impressive.

[@Beccad1012]

They did that one on part 1

[@randyodom3804]

Incorrect. Kozy-s-ko is the correct pronunciation.

[@endie8720]

Or ka-zee-es-co

[@maesonj5938]

I live outside of Kosciusko and was cracking up when they tripped it.

[@hiitsmorgan5431]

Cah- zee- es- co

I have found your channel a couple of days ago and i cant get enough. Finally a channel that has a nice humour about the south.

[@cameronb9137]

Where I'm from in Mississippi we pronounce Yocona as Yock-nee.

[@killersopinion1829]

Yock-nee is what I have heard as well.

[@charliewilliams9722]

I've never heard that before

[@BDCraftsMore]

Yocona, as In yahk-nee.. I live about 30 minutes from there... At least the river is pronounced yahk- nee

[@ginafrye6216]

I live just across the holler from yock-nee!

[@1337slic3]

My grandparents say Yock-nee but most people my age say Yock-na

[@stuiesjuju7024]

Learned reminds me, we have a school called Rebul Academy. Rebul stands for Raymond Edwards Bolton Utica Learned

[@bwpeterson2780]

Love the Pokémon reference, picayune, use mean look! 😂

[@KandEcain]

Picayune is a dark type XD

[@bwpeterson2780]

Solstice Soldier agreed

[@kamariajanae._]

i’m from picayune mississippi🤣

[@CaylaJOfficial]

I'm actually from Mississippi, your last Mississippi video was hilarious

[@kaysenhiggason]

Cayla J I live in one of the first towns and all of this broke me 😂

[@johnhopson4784]

When everything was looking good my southern folks used to say that's plum hunky dory, anybody remember that one?

[@nickcastaneda203]

Mississippi....you’ve been on my mind. Like a mist in the morning from some dream I left behind.

[@saracobb8599]

As a person from Mississippi I think she was lying when she said Jackson is a great place to visit

[@russellresshaven4672]

It is if you don't value your life

[@saracobb8599]

@@russellresshaven4672 for real

[@prettycat6056]

Know where to go and where not to go and that’s in any city

[@rebeccabaker1633]

Try Pelahatchie, Kosciusko, Shuqualak, Escatawpa, Gautier, Sacier, Byhalia, & Inverness.

[@shelbyjohnson6447]

I don’t know if it shows but it has “translate to English” under the comment 😂

[@ChassieNix]

I always found it funny when the weather anchors are training here and they are from up north and they try to pronounce the names. Yet, I didn't know how to pronounce half of them. I haven't even heard of some of them.

[@cbahm]

Try these: Toccopola, Pontotoc, Biloxi, Tunica, Bogue Chitto, Saltillo, Coahoma, Escatawpa, Iuka, or Saucier. And don’t even try some of the county names! 😃

[@ryanwilliamson4214]

I live in Iuka and I can’t call any customer service number without them saying Luka. I literally had to tell someone that what they are looking at is a capital I and not a lowercase L. For anyone interested, it’s pronounced Eye-you-ka.

[@justinwinsbro7770]

There’s a place in Knoxville Tennessee called Pellissippi and I can never spell it because I don’t know how to spell Mississippi

[@danimations1440]

Last time I was this early the cookies were still in grandmas sewing kit

[@Hiro-yr9qt]

Zorro Dog Studios gold

[@devodavis6747]

I don't usually like "first" comments but this was funny!

[@danimations1440]

Devo Davis tbh I don't either

[@DarkPsychoMessiah]

“Stares you down real mean” that could be either Leer, Glare, Mean Look or Scary Face

[@justinportes8939]

Its a dark type

[@Crim1Del1Cielo]

Neerrrrrdddd

[@dubarhomeslice]

I went to school in a town called Chalybeate, MS :)

[@rfears1]

Oh wow I've lived in MS all my life and have never heard of half of those. Still pronounced all but 1 right! Unfortunately, it wasn't Learned... I was hoping I was wrong on that one!!

[@AuntK68]

We have a Tishomingo here in Oklahoma, too.

[@crbconservation4449]

I'm from Mississippi and I only missed 2, this is absolutely hilarious we travel alot in state, the D'lo one was particularly funny to me I mean I assumed everyone knew these

[@SpinalSpade36]

One of the best steakhouses in Mississippi is also in Learned! People travel all over to go to it. It's called H. D. Gibbes and Sons

[@ronniejohnson317]

Three of the best steak houses in America is in Mississippi. Gibbes, Does, and Marshals.

[@kylelangford5189]

You lost me at "jackson is a great place to visit"

[@slaykids_3763]

all i know is that d’lo has a water park! and some of these were easy but that’s because i live in mississippi!

[@shayseefong4516]

Great job!! 🤗😉😆😆🤪 I'm from Mississippi and I wish I could submit some names for you to try. I love near D'Lo and it's always been a fun place just to say. Thanks for doing round two of Mississippi. We've got so many interesting places with do many interesting names. Thanks again!!!

[@Alabamafan2]

My mama was born in West Point, MS. Yep, so much family from that area. I just ❤️ MS. Y'all should do a skit on social classes dressed up as middle schoolers.

[@Cahoony]

I live in Scott county Mississippi

[@jennyhowdy9664]

Lived in weir for a while... y’all should try Eupora next time

[@katielocke3511]

Jenny Howdy We go through Eupora to go down to my grandparents’ house. They live in Vaiden!

[@reggietyler2903]

Choctaw County in the house! McCool

[@anzamoni]

I live here and I've only heard of 4 of these cities lol.

[@NoThankUBeQuiet]

Of COURSE Mississippi says Learn-ned

[@electric.nachos]

It seems you are not a very learned person.

[@appleonaya2659]

please don't stop making these. No matter what kind of day I'm having these always always make me laugh and just put me in the best mood. You all is the best! :)

[@joshc5985]

Calli is such a doll ...... I missed her ✌️

[@bwpeterson2780]

Yay more town names

[@ennead90]

I'm from Mississippi and I can't lie, some of these names I haven't heard of lol. I was really hoping to see Biloxi or even Yazoo come up

[@teresahignite2223]

How about that cute little town next to Tishomingo, Iuka Mississippi

[@tgone23]

I'm from Mississippi. I got like 20%. MS stupid, y'all!

[@jailanp5291]

tgone23 same!

[@talkwithtiffanychannel]

I think we all learned something today ;D

[@zzydny]

Mississippian here. Ya'll got my town's name right, thank goodness, so I forgive you for the mess you made of Mississippi town names last time, Now, I am Not from D'Lo but I can tell you that the town name comes from a French term meaning "bad water" (de l'eau no potable).

[@UnclePhil73]

zzydny I always heard that D’Lo came from when the founders of the area remarked “This place is too damn low to be good for anything.” The name stuck, the apostrophe was so the name could be said in mixed company.

[@shelliemeaux298]

Y'all did better then me, Love y'all

[@imlivinonaprayer8997]

I live in clinton Mississippi but I mean our town name is WAY to easy to pronounce

[@stuiesjuju7024]

lemons & leos hello fellow Clintoner!!

[@jailanp5291]

Same with Pearl😅😅

[@shadowkissed2370]

In elementary school that little jingle of M I humpback humpback I etc. is how I learned how to spell Mississippi.

[@bryannablackwood]

I thought everyone knew how to say picayune....guess I only knew it bc my grandmother grew up in Mississippi

[@Mewpasaurus]

Come on down to Gulfport and have fun trying to pronounce all the street names here! I guarantee they're worse!

[@Beccad1012]

Right!

[@dscrive]

don't feel bad, I grew up and live in Mississippi and I didn't know most of them, most of the odd place names I'm familiar with are within an hour or two of me.

[@Agsded1973]

That was almost as painful as watching Eric Roberts mispronounce Biloxi, while having, himself, been born there, hah.

[@thehayses5076]

I'm from Mississippi and I didnt know how to pronouce half of these lol

[@00snelly]

Commenting from Mendenhall, MS, one town over from D’Lo in Simpson county 🤟

[@mykaylakey4305]

I live near D'lo in Puckett. The water park in D'lo is just a creek. Yall gotta dig a little deeper those are not the worst ones.

[@nurselaykan3721]

That one chick saying Pascagoula sounds like a fun place to be on spring break...sorry, hun...

[@kevinmagee8955]

D'Lo got it's town name from being a town where the Strong River commonly flooded in the area and the water was "too d*** low" and they shortened the name to D'LO

[@elizabethpearl9732]

I see your town names and I raise y’all a Tchoutacabouffa River.

[@mady9105]

Last time I was this early eve hadn't ate the apple

[@RobynS9722]

Easy to pronounce, but there's a Soso, MS 3 miles from me...🙄

[@vonettabrown1086]

Born and raised in Hattiesburg Mississippi!!

[@curtisg8700]

I can't believe they didn't do Gautier.

[@kelhapam]

In New Hampshire we have a Weare, NH as well as a Weirs Beach, NH.

[@phantom7884]

I love the GPS when it’s try’s to say Lucedale

[@jeremymiller4341]

Wier is just 5 miles east of West. Right up the road from kosciusko.

[@The-Artless-Gallery]

Yeehaw!!! My home state!!!

[@makylienapier]

This is one of the best videos😂

[@KeganTheTowel]

As a Mississippian, we will accept a lot more of these pronunciations than yall will. Yall playin on hard mode.

[@BDCraftsMore]

D'lo, as In D'lo Brown, the WWF wrestler...

[@laurachamberlain9579]

Learned; that is the pronunciation that you would use as and adjective to describe a person that is well educated.

[@Weldedhodag]

damn, even my dad can't say Picayune right and he grew up there, he says it like 'Picky-yune'

[@quita601]

Cuz some people pronounce it that way. Some people say pick a yune. Depends on what part of town they grew up in I suppose.

[@aleyaniguess6826]

I live in Brandon Mississippi.. easy to pronounce I guess, I love these Mississippi videos

[@equlibrium06]

There used to be a bridge what was about 1.5 inches to short to drive trucks under. Fortunately there was a gas station on either side where truckers could let the air out if their tires and just squeeze under. The would refill the tires on the other side complaining the whole time that the bridge was to Damn Low. A town gree up around the area since the truckers had to stop anyway there were some shops and restaurants. In homage to the bridge being to damn low the city was named D'Lo.

[@yokindo]

Surprised Shuqualak, Mississippi didn't make the cut.

[@michaelmoody8316]

Fiddle, griddle, middle... all good "d-l" combo words.

[@acninee]

Ok, now try "Puyallup"

[@brookeking8559]

Mary Anderson Dearing, that would be a Wash.

[@acninee]

@@brookeking8559 Indeed. You should have heard me trying to read the name, without having heard it, as an east coaster newly moved!

[@michellesheppard9253]

I'm from Mississippi, and I only got about three-quarters of them right.

[@tinnagigja3723]

"You are so learned, papa Homer"

[@ritadaniels3175]

We have a Tishomingo in OK. It is now Blake Shelton’s home. He has one of his Ole Red Bar & Grill there🤠It is also the County seat for Johnston County where he pays Property Tax for THAT PROPERTY that he & Gwen have used as a place to getaway from the crowds for privacy? He also has Lakefront Property on Lake Texoma in Marshall County. Tishomingo is home to the Chickasaw Nation. Named after what I think was a Chief Tishomingo? We share names of towns, counties & streets sometimes bcoz that was their Original Home before they were forced out in the Trail of Tears😢

[@tygillespie1503]

I need them to do one with some more North MS towns and do Toccopola 😂

[@doomsdayaddams2894]

The picayune Picachu cracked me up.

[@emilyingram252]

Lady:Jackson Ms is a great place to visit Me(lives in jackson): are you sure about that

[@ParmaJohnIV]

Hey

[@chasetillman971]

I live in pascagoula. It is not a spring break destination

[@hortondlfn1994]

I’m surprised you didn’t include Tchula.

[@tonyjones3704]

i am from Mississippi and i never heard of some of those cities

[@KageKitsune13]

I knew Pascagoula from Mississippi Squirrel Revival

[@CONOR1861]

Way I heard it, D’Lo was named because of its topography. Railroad workers revered to it as “ that damned low spot” when speaking to each other, but when in mixed company the left out the swear.

[@alice-brose]

i live between rienzi and Tishomingo and I instantly said both of them. 😂

[@PurnceNMe]

Can you please do Kentucky before you repeat states?!

[@Coila]

Coila is pronounced "koh-eye-luh" ("kwy-luh" said fast) by the Choctaw people it comes from. But my Southern friends usually say their "eye" like "uh", so... I could see it going that way.

[@bluepandacub]

I used to live near Chalybeate. Pronounced kalee-bit.

[@YOLOMCM1324]

My brother went to boy scouts camp In Yocona tons of times so of course I know how to pronounce it. The camp was called Camp Yocona. Those people were so far off lol.

[@misss6596]

"We in the ER" lmao

[@castielbillius]

I saw this, I was waiting. I’m from carriere...and my mama grew up in picayune (which is basically just town🤣)

[@teenyweenykiwi]

I got most of these correct even though I’m from NYC and have never heard of these places.

[@galbyman]

It is ok everyone. The state of Mississipi still loves you all.

[@grannyfisher3863]

Y'all need to do New Orleans names next time!

[@presidentnut3944]

Granny Fisher they have a video on New Orleans street names