After seeing the "Pop" Debate...I thought about starting this one. I used to say it like you would see most news folks in Lexington. But after meeting my fiance, she quickly corrected me and everyone else that says it the "wrong" way. So how does the rest of Bluegrass Preps pronounce Appalachian?

APP-uh-LATCH-in

I have always said it as:

 

Appa lace ian

 

Should we just throw in Louisville to this debate as well and have any locals on the board been tempted to kill anyone for not pronouncing it correctly. :lol:

 

Good we got a poll, make things easier for me.

I pronounce it.......Duh-live-rinse

Off subject, but I hate when people put an S in Pikeville... It's not Pikesville... Why can't any band who comes to the area get that right?

 

"Appa-layshin" , btw.

The college in VA is pronounce Appa-layshin , and that is the way I pronounce our area.

The college in VA is pronounce Appa-layshin , and that is the way I pronounce our area.

 

Not to get off topic, but are you going to go see the Underdog movie? :lol:

Yes I am! I have always been a huge fan of the cartoon.

Yes I am! I have always been a huge fan of the cartoon.

 

Figured the avatar would give me my answer, but I just wanted to double check. I loved it too as a kid, the movie doesn't appear to my thing.

 

ANYHOO, back the MOUNTAINS! :lol:

I pronounce it.......Duh-live-rinse

 

Nice...:lol: :lol: :lol:

latchin

A little bit of history:

 

While exploring the northern coast of Florida in 1528, the members of the Narváez expedition, including Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, found a Native American town which they transliterated as Apalachen [a.paˈla.tʃɛn]. This name and its pronunciation were applied to the Apalachee Indians, as well as a nearby body of water, now spelled Apalachee Bay, to the Apalachicola River, Apalachicola Bay, and the Apalachicola Indians, and to the city known as Apalachicola, Florida.

 

The word "Apalachen" was also applied to an inland mountain range, and through the course of time it became applied to the entire range and its spelling was changed.

 

Pronunciation

 

In northern U.S. and Canadian dialects, the mountains are pronounced the [æ.pəˈleɪ.tʃənz], or [æ.pəˈleɪ.ʃənz]. The third syllable is like "lay".

 

In Southern U.S. dialects, the mountains are pronounced the [æ.pəˈlæ.tʃənz], and the cultural region of the mountain South is pronounced [æ.pəˈlæ.tʃ(i)ə]. The third syllable is like the "la" in "latch"..

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appalachian_Mountains#Pronunciation

Latch.

 

Off the subject, but is it just me (16th Region fans, help me out here) that hears everyone that lives close to Portsmouth (OH) but on the KY side of the river pronouncing it "Porchmuth"?

I pronounce it.......Duh-live-rinse

 

If there weren't twice as many rednecks in Western Kentucky that would be funny.

A little bit of history:

 

While exploring the northern coast of Florida in 1528, the members of the Narváez expedition, including Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, found a Native American town which they transliterated as Apalachen [a.paˈla.tʃɛn]. This name and its pronunciation were applied to the Apalachee Indians, as well as a nearby body of water, now spelled Apalachee Bay, to the Apalachicola River, Apalachicola Bay, and the Apalachicola Indians, and to the city known as Apalachicola, Florida.

 

The word "Apalachen" was also applied to an inland mountain range, and through the course of time it became applied to the entire range and its spelling was changed.

 

Pronunciation

 

In northern U.S. and Canadian dialects, the mountains are pronounced the [æ.pəˈleɪ.tʃənz], or [æ.pəˈleɪ.ʃənz]. The third syllable is like "lay".

 

In Southern U.S. dialects, the mountains are pronounced the [æ.pəˈlæ.tʃənz], and the cultural region of the mountain South is pronounced [æ.pəˈlæ.tʃ(i)ə]. The third syllable is like the "la" in "latch"..

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appalachian_Mountains#Pronunciation

That is interesting !