View Full Version : How do you pronounce Dahlonega? Unicoi?
Berry Belle
04-10-2013, 13:46
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?:o
Stogie88
04-10-2013, 13:53
Dahlonega- duh-lon-uh-guh
Unico- you'n-a-coy
translastion source: I'm from Georgia :)
inspectorgene
04-10-2013, 14:21
Da-lon-ah-gah.
You-ne-koy.
max patch
04-10-2013, 14:21
Click on the 30 second video to hear Dahlonega spoken:
http://dahlonega.org/
max patch
04-10-2013, 14:21
Click on the 30 second video to hear Dahlonega spoken:
http://dahlonega.org/
inspectorgene
04-10-2013, 14:23
out-of-towners usually say, Dallon-eega.
Try saying Houschton, GA...
pronounced hoosh-ton
LOL! These made me smile and miss home just a little bit. Thanks!
Kerosene
04-10-2013, 16:55
How about Unaka (Mountain)?
Another Kevin
04-10-2013, 17:12
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
04-10-2013, 17:23
You know Houston County, GA is pronounced by the locals as House-ton...
Another Kevin
04-10-2013, 17:32
You know Houston County, GA is pronounced by the locals as House-ton...
Just like Houston Street in New York City!
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
04-10-2013, 21:34
Dah-lahn-a-ga.....
Suches is = Such-is ( not Sooch-is )
Another Kevin
04-10-2013, 22:51
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
04-11-2013, 09:19
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.
Here is the art for a T-Shirt we sell at the Dahlonega Gold Museum.
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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
04-11-2013, 11:51
you-NAY-kah
dah-LON-ehguh
YOU-ni-coy Best interpretation after listening to the above video. I have been misplacing the accent. Accent is on the "lon", I've been placing it on the ehg for some strange reason. Cat in the Hat
Funny thing is Cairo is pronounced kay-ro. Un-a-ka, une-i-coy, duh-lohn-a-ga, Hahira is hay-hi-ra, Atlanta is et-lanna, and Albany is all-ben-nee. Brunswick is brum-swik (Sea Island accent called Gullah-Geechee). Waycross is just Waycross, and Homerville is, well, just Homerville.