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JoePomidor — 2009-07-04 02:12:07

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- Davis is a ["demographics" multi-cultural] city, with plenty of words you probably can't pronounce. Can you even count the times you've embarrased yourself by mispronouncing an unfamiliar ["restaurants" food], street, or ["people" name]? This page intends to list words commonly mispronounced in Davis. You are encouraged to add a new word to the list if you want to know its correct pronunciation.	+ Davis is a ["demographics" multi-cultural] city, with plenty of words you probably can't pronounce. Can you even count the times you've embarrassed yourself by mispronouncing an unfamiliar ["restaurants" food], street, or ["people" name]? This page intends to list words commonly mispronounced in Davis. You are encouraged to add a new word to the list if you want to know its correct pronunciation.
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- * '''Wiki''' - "whick-E" is the preferred pronounciation (not "wee-kee", though that may be more accurate to historical Hawaiian roots).	+ * '''Wiki''' - "whick-E" is the preferred pronunciation (not "wee-kee", though that may be more accurate to historical Hawaiian roots).

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JasonAller — 2008-07-09 09:56:20

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- ''I would merge this with the ["Glossary"], but that page seems to consist mostly of obscure slang terms of dubious usage. Ideas?'' --["CraigBrozinsky"]	+ ''I would merge this with the ["Glossary"], but that page seems to consist mostly of obscure slang terms of dubious usage. Ideas?'' --["Users/CraigBrozinsky"]
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- ''2006-07-19 14:00:22'' [[nbsp]] The pronunciation of Covell should be co-VELL. I've ''never'' heard the pronunciation CO-vull. The point of this page, so far as I can make out, is to learn how to pronounce Davis-specific words so that you're understood by other Davis residents. Proper or not, Covell is pronounced co-VELL in Davis. If you go around saying CO-vull, people will look at you funny and you'll feel silly. --["KaiTing"] - * Sounds like it was yet another ["Cowell Boulevard" Cowell]/["Covell"] mix-up! --["DukeMcAdow"]	+ ''2006-07-19 14:00:22'' [[nbsp]] The pronunciation of Covell should be co-VELL. I've ''never'' heard the pronunciation CO-vull. The point of this page, so far as I can make out, is to learn how to pronounce Davis-specific words so that you're understood by other Davis residents. Proper or not, Covell is pronounced co-VELL in Davis. If you go around saying CO-vull, people will look at you funny and you'll feel silly. --["Users/KaiTing"] + * Sounds like it was yet another ["Cowell Boulevard" Cowell]/["Covell"] mix-up! --["Users/DukeMcAdow"]
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- ''2006-07-19 14:44:47'' [[nbsp]] How is "Chiles" pronounced properly? Most everyone says "chi-ells" but wouldn't it actually make more sense for it to be "chee-les"? --["PhilipNeustrom"]	+ ''2006-07-19 14:44:47'' [[nbsp]] How is "Chiles" pronounced properly? Most everyone says "chi-ells" but wouldn't it actually make more sense for it to be "chee-les"? --["Users/PhilipNeustrom"]

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DukeMcAdow — 2006-09-22 14:09:09

+Sproul from a recent comment (I used to wonder about this too)

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	+ * '''Oeste''' - "oh-stee" not the spanish pronunciation. The street is named after a former Fire Chief.
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- * '''Oeste''' - "oh-stee" not the spanish pronunciation. The street is named after a former Fire Chief.	+ * '''["Sproul Hall" Sproul]''' - "sprowl" (rhymes with "owl"), according to a comment on the ["Sproul Hall"] page

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PhilipNeustrom — 2006-07-19 17:16:19

+wiki

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- * '''Oeste''' "oh-stee" not the spanish pronunciation. The street is named after a former Fire Chief.	+ * '''Oeste''' - "oh-stee" not the spanish pronunciation. The street is named after a former Fire Chief. + * '''Wiki''' - "whick-E" is the preferred pronounciation (not "wee-kee", though that may be more accurate to historical Hawaiian roots). +

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JamesSchwab — 2006-07-19 16:14:06

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-	+ * '''Oeste''' "oh-stee" not the spanish pronunciation. The street is named after a former Fire Chief.

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JabberWokky — 2006-07-19 14:14:43

It's a boy! (Entry growing, objection removed)

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- ''2006-07-19 07:16:11'' [[nbsp]] Lodi and possibly Ghirardelli makes sense... local pronunciation. I'd say anything that is local and important enough that it should be here (like Lodi), should have its own entry (or part of an entry, like Lodi). The pronunciation should probably be there. --["JabberWokky"] - ------

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DukeMcAdow — 2006-07-19 14:01:35

Pronunciation of "pancit" (I've heard both)

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- * '''Pancit''' - "?," a Pilipino noodle dish available at ["Sugar and Spice"]	+ * '''Pancit''' - "pahn-SIT" and "pahn-SEET," a Pilipino noodle dish available at ["Sugar and Spice"]

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PhilipNeustrom — 2006-07-19 13:44:47

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	+ ------ + ''2006-07-19 14:44:47'' [[nbsp]] How is "Chiles" pronounced properly? Most everyone says "chi-ells" but wouldn't it actually make more sense for it to be "chee-les"? --["PhilipNeustrom"]

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DukeMcAdow — 2006-07-19 13:13:54

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	+ * Sounds like it was yet another ["Cowell Boulevard" Cowell]/["Covell"] mix-up! --["DukeMcAdow"]

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KaiTing — 2006-07-19 13:00:22

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	+ ------ + ''2006-07-19 14:00:22'' [[nbsp]] The pronunciation of Covell should be co-VELL. I've ''never'' heard the pronunciation CO-vull. The point of this page, so far as I can make out, is to learn how to pronounce Davis-specific words so that you're understood by other Davis residents. Proper or not, Covell is pronounced co-VELL in Davis. If you go around saying CO-vull, people will look at you funny and you'll feel silly. --["KaiTing"]

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CarlMcCabe — 2006-07-19 12:44:23

clean up

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- * '''["Covell Boulevard" Covell]''' - "CO-vull" not "co-VELL" (but "co-VELL" is colloquially quite common) - * I've never heard this pronounced CO-vull. Proper or not, people are more likely to know what you're talking about with the "colloquial" pronunciation. --["KaiTing" Kai]	+ * '''["Covell Boulevard" Covell]''' - "CO-vull" not "co-VELL" (but "co-VELL" is colloquially far more common)

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KaiTing — 2006-07-19 10:54:22

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	+ * I've never heard this pronounced CO-vull. Proper or not, people are more likely to know what you're talking about with the "colloquial" pronunciation. --["KaiTing" Kai]

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CarlMcCabe — 2006-07-19 08:14:54

minor

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- Davis is a ["demographics" multi-cultural] city, with plenty of words you probably can't pronounce. Can you even count the times you've embarrased yourself by mispronouncing an unfamiliar ["restaurants" food], street, or ["people" name]? This page intends to list words commonly mispronounced in Davis. You're encouraged to add a new words to the list if you want to know it's correct pronunciation.	+ Davis is a ["demographics" multi-cultural] city, with plenty of words you probably can't pronounce. Can you even count the times you've embarrased yourself by mispronouncing an unfamiliar ["restaurants" food], street, or ["people" name]? This page intends to list words commonly mispronounced in Davis. You are encouraged to add a new word to the list if you want to know its correct pronunciation.

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CraigBrozinsky — 2006-07-19 07:55:42

regan

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- * '''Ghirardelli''' - "Gear-a-deli," a ["San Francisco"] based chocolatier	+ * '''Ghirardelli''' - "Gear-a-deli" not "Jeer-a-deli" not "Gear-arr-deli", a ["San Francisco"] based chocolatier
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- * '''Pancit''' - "?," a Pilipino noodle dish available at	+ * '''Pancit''' - "?," a Pilipino noodle dish available at ["Sugar and Spice"]
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	+ * '''["Regan Residence Halls" Regan]''' - "ray-gin" not "ree-gin"

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CarlMcCabe — 2006-07-19 07:33:04

yike

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- * '''["Covell Boulevard" Covell]''' - "CO-vull" not "co-VELL" (but "co-VULL" is colloquially quite common)	+ * '''["Covell Boulevard" Covell]''' - "CO-vull" not "co-VELL" (but "co-VELL" is colloquially quite common)

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CarlMcCabe — 2006-07-19 07:32:20

covell

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	+ * '''["Covell Boulevard" Covell]''' - "CO-vull" not "co-VELL" (but "co-VULL" is colloquially quite common)

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JabberWokky — 2006-07-19 06:16:11

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	+ ------ + ''2006-07-19 07:16:11'' [[nbsp]] Lodi and possibly Ghirardelli makes sense... local pronunciation. I'd say anything that is local and important enough that it should be here (like Lodi), should have its own entry (or part of an entry, like Lodi). The pronunciation should probably be there. --["JabberWokky"]

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CraigBrozinsky — 2006-07-19 00:27:19

good page, bad page, room for improvements???

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	+ Davis is a ["demographics" multi-cultural] city, with plenty of words you probably can't pronounce. Can you even count the times you've embarrased yourself by mispronouncing an unfamiliar ["restaurants" food], street, or ["people" name]? This page intends to list words commonly mispronounced in Davis. You're encouraged to add new words to the list if you want to know how to pronounce them properly. + + * '''Ghirardelli''' - "Gear-a-deli," a ["San Francisco"] based chocolatier + * '''Gnocci''' - "nyo-key", an Italian potato based pasta + * '''Lodi''' - "low-die", a nearby city + * '''Nguyen''' - "?," a common Vietnamese name + * '''Pancit''' - "?," a Pilipino noodle dish available at + * '''["Pho"]''' - "phuh" rather than "phoe," a Vietnamese soup + + [[Comments]] + + ''I would merge this with the ["Glossary"], but that page seems to consist mostly of obscure slang terms of dubious usage. Ideas?'' --["CraigBrozinsky"]