What is the correct TEXAS way to say Burnet?

[easy rider]

Pecos = Pay-cohs? No, Pay-cuss.
Leakey = Lee-key? No, Lay-key.

 

[robertc1024]

My get-to, favorite, anti-social, anti-commie-Northerners, figure-it-out is the Pedernales River. There ain't no 'R' in there except in the first syllable.

 

[Rebel]

Or, English is a very fucked up language.

 

[texasnurse]

https://texasalmanac.com/sites/default/files/images/topics/TownPronunciationGuide.pdf


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Gonzales — guhn ZAH l’s


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[Dragunov]

Is it pronounced Burr - Net or Burnit(one word)

Burnit, durn it.

 

[Dragunov]

The 'one-syllable' pronunciation also helps us remember it's not Burnett or Burnette. Just be glad it's not French...."Buhr-NAY"

Guadalupe is still up for discussion, however

The one that got me when I moved here is Bealls. German is my second language, I can guarantee it is *NOT* pronounced "Bells". It is, in fact, "BEALS as in Deals". In Germany, it is a persons sirname, and is spelled: BEAL, BEALL, or BIEL. This is actually funny, However, the following is just plain stupid:

When I lived in the Peoples Repooblik of Kommieforniastan, Someone sent me to pick up soldiers from their class. I was told it was on "Gatey road". I looked for an hour, finally called, and asked them to spell "Gatey road". After about five minutes (no one could spell it off the top of their heads (frikkin' Kalifornians, go figure), I got a phone call, "It's spelled; G-O-E-T-H-E-". I was pretty flabbergasted at the stupidity (theirs). I corrected them with the PROPER pronunciation, and chided them pretty good for run-around.

 

[Rebel]

A small fire of rage ignites inside of me when I hear my Kentucky relatives say Ver-sales for Versailles.

 

[coachrick]

A small fire of rage ignites inside of me when I hear my Kentucky relatives say Ver-sales for Versailles.

What do they do with spicket and chesterdrawers?

 

[karlac]

One, of many, that amazed me when first living in the UK was "Cholmondeley".
Good luck without the internet on that one ...

 

[Jon Payne]

Port Arthur - correctly pronounced is PortARRturrr. (one word)

Orange is pronounced Fruit City.


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[Texasgordo]

Moulton

 

[Davetex]

Elgin

Manor

Buda

 

[busykngt]

A small fire of rage ignites inside of me when I hear my Kentucky relatives say Ver-sales for Versailles.

I'm inclined to believe the way "locals" pronounce a place name, by definition, makes it the "correct" pronunciation. So yep (being from that immediate area), it's Ver-sales. Not unlike how Kentuckians pronounce, "Loua-vula" (Louisville).

 

[coachrick]

I'm inclined to believe the way "locals" pronounce a place name, by definition, makes it the "correct" pronunciation. So yep (being from that immediate area), it's Ver-sales. Not unlike how Kentuckians pronounce, "Loua-vula" (Louisville).

Yeah, but then you get one like Mueller(like the old airport area in Austin, now an urban somethingorother). From my studying, it's either Miller or Muller; never the horrible Mee-you-lurr you hear frequently. I asked a fellow whose family name is Mueller how it's pronounced by HIS family. He said, "It depends on which family member you ask!!"

How about Bowie? I was told Boo-wee was only the man or the knife. All others were BO-wee.

Ain't life fun?

 

[rsayloriii]

Yeah, but then you get one like Mueller(like the old airport area in Austin, now an urban somethingorother). From my studying, it's either Miller or Muller; never the horrible Mee-you-lurr you hear frequently. I asked a fellow whose family name is Mueller how it's pronounced by HIS family. He said, "It depends on which family member you ask!!"

How about Bowie? I was told Boo-wee was only the man or the knife. All others were BO-wee.

Ain't life fun?

Miller.

Boo-wee

 

[busykngt]

Got my Commercial, Instrument & Multiengine at Muller; never really heard it pronounced the other ways. But if the town is named after the man (Boo-wee), wouldn't it be pronounced the same??


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[rsayloriii]

Got my Commercial, Instrument & Multiengine at Muller; never really heard it pronounced the other ways. But if the town is named after the man (Boo-wee), wouldn't it be pronounced the same??


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"Let’s start with some history. In 1926, a man named Robert Mueller was elected to the city council. Mueller's family came to Texas from Germany in the late nineteenth century. He pronounced his last name as if it were spelled "Miller." But it’s spelled M-U-E-L-L-E-R. Six months after the election, Robert Mueller died. Three years later, Austin opened its first municipal airport and named it after the late council member."

http://kut.org/post/okay-whats-right-way-pronounce-mueller

 

[Charlie]

Regarding the OPs original question, simply said, Burnet is pronounced "burnit"!

 

[General Zod]

Elgin

Manor

Buda

EL-gun

MAY-nur

BYOO-duh

I grew up near Buda.

 

[texasnurse]

waxahachie

Wax-A-hat-she


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