DrSeuss Posted April 9, 2010 #1 Share Posted April 9, 2010 How do you pronounce St Croix?:o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aurelius180 Posted April 9, 2010 #2 Share Posted April 9, 2010 How do you pronounce St Croix?:o Click the little bullhorn: http://www.answers.com/topic/saint-croix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroncosFan2010 Posted April 9, 2010 #3 Share Posted April 9, 2010 It sounds like Croy, rhymes with Troy. Hopes that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrSeuss Posted April 9, 2010 Author #4 Share Posted April 9, 2010 Thank you - I have called it all sorts in the last few months when telling people where I am going. I was saying cruise like Tom! or a guess cruise as in critic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madforcruising Posted April 9, 2010 #5 Share Posted April 9, 2010 Learned something new today, always pronounced it wrong:o I used to pronounce it like the french three - trois Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioRay Posted April 9, 2010 #6 Share Posted April 9, 2010 How do you pronounce St Croix?:o Simple... You Ess Ver Gin Eye lands (sorry, I couldn't resist. That trick got me through many newscasts. ;)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Henry on CC Posted April 9, 2010 #7 Share Posted April 9, 2010 Learned something new today, always pronounced it wrong:o I used to pronounce it like the french three - trois Simple... You Ess Ver Gin Eye lands (sorry, I couldn't resist. That trick got me through many newscasts. ;)) Reminds me of an old joke................. A man and his wife were driving their RV across Florida and were nearing a town called Kissimmee. They noted the strange spelling and tried to figure how to pronounce it -- KISS-a-me; kis-A-me; kis-a-ME? They grew more perplexed as they drove into the town. Since they were hungry, they pulled into a restaurant to get something to eat. At the counter, the man said to the waitress, "My wife and I can't seem to be able to figure out how to pronounce this place. Will you tell me where we are and say it very slowly so that I can understand?" The woman looked at him and said; "Buuurrrgerrr Kiiiinnnng." :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madforcruising Posted April 9, 2010 #8 Share Posted April 9, 2010 The woman looked at him and said; "Buuurrrgerrr Kiiiinnnng." :) :D:D:D I knew that was coming:cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolimont Posted April 9, 2010 #9 Share Posted April 9, 2010 That's not the way a French person would say it, but I have no idea how to share that wisdom with you, so croy it shall remain! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioRay Posted April 9, 2010 #10 Share Posted April 9, 2010 Reminds me of an old joke. :) Which reminds me of an even older Benny Hill joke: Couple gets off the plane in Hawaii. The whole flight they were arguing about how to pronounce it. So they stop the first person they see at the airport. "Excuse me, do you pronounce it "Ha why ee" or "Ha Vi Ah" "Ha Vi Ah" "Thank you" "You're velcom" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nanfromatlanta Posted April 9, 2010 #11 Share Posted April 9, 2010 Reminds me of an old joke................. A man and his wife were driving their RV across Florida and were nearing a town called Kissimmee. They noted the strange spelling and tried to figure how to pronounce it -- KISS-a-me; kis-A-me; kis-a-ME? They grew more perplexed as they drove into the town. Since they were hungry, they pulled into a restaurant to get something to eat. At the counter, the man said to the waitress, "My wife and I can't seem to be able to figure out how to pronounce this place. Will you tell me where we are and say it very slowly so that I can understand?" The woman looked at him and said; "Buuurrrgerrr Kiiiinnnng." :) ROTFL... hadn't heard that one before... :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bookish Angel Posted April 9, 2010 #12 Share Posted April 9, 2010 That's not the way a French person would say it, but I have no idea how to share that wisdom with you, so croy it shall remain! Would it soud like something like "Kwah?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RationalPicara Posted April 9, 2010 #13 Share Posted April 9, 2010 Would it sound like something like "Kwah?" Yup. It's pronounced in French like "trois" (the number 3) but in English, French words ending in -oix are usually pronounced "-oy" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVALUATOR Posted April 9, 2010 #14 Share Posted April 9, 2010 There is a lake in the Northeast United States. It is South of the city of Worcester, Massachusetts. It is Northeast of the city of Quinebaug, Connecticut. It is Northwest of the city of Pascoag, Rhode Island. Now some pronunciations of each of these cities and states are extremely varying. Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg Of course, someone from Boston, Massachusetts will now chime in that its shortcut name is Webstuh Lake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toothfairy754 Posted April 9, 2010 #15 Share Posted April 9, 2010 How do you pronounce St Croix?:o I knew how to pronounce that but did not know Dominica was Dom e ni ca. I also learned it is the Car- i- bee- an (not car rib be an). It is named after the Caribe Indians. Amzing what you learn when you go to these places <G> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluegirlum Posted April 9, 2010 #16 Share Posted April 9, 2010 Yup. It's pronounced in French like "trois" (the number 3) but in English, French words ending in -oix are usually pronounced "-oy" We have the St. Croix River here in the midwest. It's St. "Croy" here. Having spent a year in French school, I cringe. Don't even get me started on Des Plaines (Dezz Planes), IL...I hate it! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcur Posted April 10, 2010 #17 Share Posted April 10, 2010 We have the St. Croix River here in the midwest. It's St. "Croy" here. Having spent a year in French school, I cringe. Don't even get me started on Des Plaines (Dezz Planes), IL...I hate it! :) Oh, TELL me about it!! I embarrass myself every time I go visit my MIL in Missouri. Most of the towns near her were named by French fur traders, but settled by farmers. So, the names have been anglicized, and I have to force myself (like stop, translate back to the American pronunciation) to NOT use the French pronunciation of St. Genevieve. They look at me like I'm crazy when I do it wrong! I have trained myself to say "Saint Croy" instead of "San Craw" (rolling the "r"). I have always said "Cari-bee-un". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPete Posted April 10, 2010 #18 Share Posted April 10, 2010 Now, if we could only get everyone to pronounce Cay correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluegirlum Posted April 10, 2010 #19 Share Posted April 10, 2010 Now, if we could only get everyone to pronounce Cay correctly. We're as likely to get everyone to agree on tipping! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imsulin Posted April 10, 2010 #20 Share Posted April 10, 2010 And then, there's the "Cache la Poudre" river in Colorado. (Pronounced by some locals "pewder". Kind of rhymes with "puter, which I'm on right now. I lived in Colorado (not Calorahda) for many years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imsulin Posted April 10, 2010 #21 Share Posted April 10, 2010 Now, if we could only get everyone to pronounce Cay correctly. Are you talking about Cay West? In the BVI, Salt Cay is pronounced as spelled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maureencruiser Posted April 10, 2010 #22 Share Posted April 10, 2010 Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg Of course, someone from Boston, Massachusetts will now chime in that its shortcut name is Webstuh Lake. ...I'm from Boston and I will say that I was taught that the name of that lake in Indian means, You fish on your side of the lake, I'll fish on my side of the lake and nobody fish in the middle of the lake...Maureen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mechcc Posted April 10, 2010 #23 Share Posted April 10, 2010 I've always heard that pronounced as St Croy. Now I go to the Car-i-bee-an on Royal Car-rib-be-an. Can we discuss the word "pecan"? I really hate it when I hear "pee-can" as that denotes the can kept under the bed at night before indoor plumbing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badlands99 Posted April 10, 2010 #24 Share Posted April 10, 2010 Now, if we could only get everyone to pronounce Cay correctly. I'm ashamed to ask. I've always thought it rhymes with day. What's the correct way to pronounce it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madforcruising Posted April 10, 2010 #25 Share Posted April 10, 2010 I'm ashamed to ask.I've always thought it rhymes with day. What's the correct way to pronounce it? My experience has been it varies from region to region if it´s prononced like day or like key. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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