384 Comments

Build the wall!

Expand full comment

I can't remember. Does he say nucular or nuclear?

Expand full comment

When he comes to Colorado he's always telling us we should call our state by its English name: Red.

Expand full comment

Kway-beck, obviously.

Expand full comment

Helpful hint. The correct pronunciation of anyplace Trump shows up is "hell hole". After he leaves, rely on the locals for the proper style.

Expand full comment

Exactly.

Expand full comment

My grandmother grew up in Hoquaim/Aberdeen and that's how we said it.

(I've dropped the 'r' since.)

Expand full comment

My sympathies for you during campaign season as the hordes of East Coast Meeja descend on the place or talk about it using the incorrect pronunciation. I grew up over the hill from you in the Sacramento area and spent a lot of summer time at Tahoe and it grinds my gears.

Expand full comment

That's right.

Expand full comment

We are saying it perfectly correctly in Western (US) Spanglish.

One of the towns I go through on my commute is a great example - Vallejo. Instead of vah-YE-ho or valley-joe, it's a mix. val-LAY-ho

If you are referring to its namesake, it is proper to use the mexican "LL" sound.

Expand full comment

Northern England, also, too. My transatlantic accent had a strong northern midlands flavo(u)r back in the day. I said it was because the northerners had more respect for consonants.

(I lived in Birmingham, nickname Brum, not really north but you can see it from there and I had a lot of friends from Ooop North.)

Expand full comment

Correct answer

Expand full comment

When did "Cali" start being used by people who have actually lived here longer than a cup of coffee? That was totally tourist-poseur talk until not that long ago.

Expand full comment

That's what makes it not your typical sandwich, see?

Expand full comment

Could be surprising if you bought a train ticket for the wrong place

Expand full comment

I wish he would. Mickey would laugh his ass off and then CRUSH HIM under his steel bootie.

Expand full comment