How do you pronounce Dahlonega? Unicoi?

[Berry Belle]

I never thought of myself of a Yankee until I started looking at the Georgia map. Now I'm having to rethink that. I don't want to get laughed out of town....Is it DAH-luh-NAY-guh? And YOON-i-koy?

[Stogie88]

Dahlonega- duh-lon-uh-guh

Unico- you'n-a-coy

translastion source: I'm from Georgia

[inspectorgene]

Da-lon-ah-gah.

You-ne-koy.

[max patch]

Click on the 30 second video to hear Dahlonega spoken:

http://dahlonega.org/

[max patch]

Click on the 30 second video to hear Dahlonega spoken:

http://dahlonega.org/

[inspectorgene]

out-of-towners usually say, Dallon-eega.

Try saying Houschton, GA...

pronounced hoosh-ton

[Groomez]

dah-LON-ehguh

YOU-ni-coy

[Ewok11]

LOL! These made me smile and miss home just a little bit. Thanks!

[Kerosene]

How about Unaka (Mountain)?

[Another Kevin]

I've always wondered about 'Cheoah' and 'Stecoah' myself. Then again, coming from north of the Mason-Dixon line, I'd probably mispronounce them anyway, because that's what damnyankees do.

[inspectorgene]

You know Houston County, GA is pronounced by the locals as House-ton...

[Another Kevin]

You know Houston County, GA is pronounced by the locals as House-ton...

Just like Houston Street in New York City!

[BillyGr]

Just like Houston Street in New York City!

Then head upstate for the world tour:
Egypt (Cairo)
Italy (Milan)
England (Greenwich)

Of course, none of those are pronounced the same in NY state (the 3rd being near Saratoga, not the village in NYC) as they are in the foreign lands. At least Rome is still Rome

And - can anyone pronounce your location?
Probably not mine either (to be specific - Valatie - it's not the obvious one - easiest way to tell a caller is not familiar is when they say it the way it looks).

[rocketsocks]

Dah-lahn-a-ga.....

[hobby]

Suches is = Such-is ( not Sooch-is )

[Another Kevin]

Then head upstate for the world tour:
Egypt (Cairo)
Italy (Milan)
England (Greenwich)

Of course, none of those are pronounced the same in NY state (the 3rd being near Saratoga, not the village in NYC) as they are in the foreign lands. At least Rome is still Rome

And - can anyone pronounce your location?
Probably not mine either (to be specific - Valatie - it's not the obvious one - easiest way to tell a caller is not familiar is when they say it the way it looks).

You left out Athens and Moscow.

Of course, being from Niskayuna, I can pronounce all of the above, including vuh-LAY-shuh. And when I tell people that Niskayuna is a suburb of Schenectady their eyes cross.

That's like the question: "What do Indiana University, Wyoming University, and California University have in common?" (They're all in Pennsylvania.)

[budforester]

I've always wondered about 'Cheoah' and 'Stecoah' myself. Then again, coming from north of the Mason-Dixon line, I'd probably mispronounce them anyway, because that's what damnyankees do.

I don't know about those. But when I went to college, I learned that damnyankees is actually two words.

[FatMan]

Here is the art for a T-Shirt we sell at the Dahlonega Gold Museum.

duhlawnuhga.jpg

[perrymk]

Here is the art for a T-Shirt we sell at the Dahlonega Gold Museum.

I saw a t-shirt in Boston that read "HAHVAHD".

Some if someone knows how to pronounce Amicalola...

[Gray Blazer]

you-NAY-kah