pronounciation

Whistle
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Hello Folks,

I am learning a song called The Meeting of the Waters.
I know some folks are a stickler for pronouncing names and places right.

So I was wondering how do you pronounce Avoca and where might the accents be in the name.

Pronouncing a city correctly is important to the locals.

For example… not far from where I live is the city of Newark.
They pronounce it Nuwrk. And many are quick to correct that.
The same with Lancaster. Tis not Land-Cas-ter. Lengistr. If that makes any sence. :slight_smile:

Laura aka Folksie

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Here we pronounce Lancaster, Lank’istir. Now Avoca I,m not sure. I have been the there but I don’t remember anyone saying the name. If you want to see some scenes of the town look for the BBC program Ballykissangel. It is filmed there.

Ron

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Well, near where I grew up in southern Indiana there was a town called Avoca and it was pronounced Uh-vo(oh)-kuh.

Mike

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p.s. Accent on the vo :blush:

Mike

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Well what good is the phoenetics web site if it can’t help someone pronounce Avoca.

I’d instinctively pronounce it a-VOC-a but that’s just me. Where is this Avoca? Perhaps we can surmise it’s pronunciation by it’s location.

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:laughing:

AVOCA.
Think of Evoke,replace the E sound with an Ah(as in Ah jaysuz…) and drop another little A in at the end.

AVOKE/A.

Don’t know if this will help but it makes perfect sense to me.
It’s a Irish thing I guess,but then again ,it’s an Irish place name as well.

Slan,
D.

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C’mon, people; it’s simple: Abhóca.

:smiley:

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:laughing:
Jaysuz Nano, it must be great to be educated.

Slan,
D.
:wink:

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Me, edjumacated? Them’s fightin’ words, bub. :stuck_out_tongue:

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Neodesha, Kansas is pronounced “Nee-OH-da-SHAY”.
Chickasha, Oklahoma is pronouced “CHICK-a-SHAY”.

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Here is a link to the words and a midi sampling of the song. Also a little info as to where Avoca is.


http://www.contemplator.com/ireland/meeting.html

So then it is pronounced Avoke

Well that changes the singing of it a wee bit.

THANKS!

FOLKSIE

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There’s an Avoca just below Bristol TN.
Around here it’s pronounced- uh-VO-kuh.

There’s an old coal camp villiage near here that is named Dante.

Nope, you don’t pronounce it -dahn-tay
It is pronounced - oh, just say the word ant, now put the d sound before the ant and you’ve got it.

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Except by people who hate the place. They call it chicken something.

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We have a Charlotte Michigan and there’s a Charlotte North Carolina but we pronounce our’s sharLOT while they pronounce their’s SHARlut.

Of course there’s PEEcan, peeCON, PEEcon…

How many places have a Southwark?

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Another interesting one is a southern Virginia/East Tennesee pronunciation of hear, hyeer. I have not been able to figure (figger) out where this pronunciation came from, that is how it evolved.

Ron

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C’mon geek… everyone knows it’s puh-CAHN.

:wink:

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pee-CAN.
But, to remove all doubt, just substitute walnuts.

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..Derived as Gaeilge from “peicean”, roughly pron. “PECK-un”, and meaning “the small precious one that rolls bumpily down the golden hills of autumn”.

It’s true. Would I lie to you? :wink: