Dede313 Member Username: Dede313
Post Number: 16 Registered: 11-2006
| Posted on Wednesday, March 21, 2007 - 10:04 pm: | |
It just irritates me when people say datroit..we are not french people... |
Kronprinz Member Username: Kronprinz
Post Number: 162 Registered: 12-2006
| Posted on Wednesday, March 21, 2007 - 10:12 pm: | |
dehh -droit |
Livernoisyard Member Username: Livernoisyard
Post Number: 2888 Registered: 10-2004
| Posted on Wednesday, March 21, 2007 - 10:17 pm: | |
Who cares (gives a shit) how New Orleans, Detroit, Louisville, or Milwaukee are pronounced? There is no one way. |
Lmichigan Member Username: Lmichigan
Post Number: 5269 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Wednesday, March 21, 2007 - 10:31 pm: | |
I say it a lot of different ways. It's never the same. Sometimes, it's Di-troit, sometimes it's Duh-troit, sometimes it's Dee-troit...etc. I use the first two the most, though. |
Milwaukee Member Username: Milwaukee
Post Number: 1055 Registered: 08-2006
| Posted on Wednesday, March 21, 2007 - 10:32 pm: | |
Dee-troit |
Jimg Member Username: Jimg
Post Number: 810 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Wednesday, March 21, 2007 - 10:41 pm: | |
Sometimes say "Deetrite". Look, if this issue was Important, NDavies would have chimed in with the correct pron. |
Barnesfoto Member Username: Barnesfoto
Post Number: 3250 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Wednesday, March 21, 2007 - 10:46 pm: | |
Duh-troit. thanks for asking. |
Lilpup Member Username: Lilpup
Post Number: 1887 Registered: 06-2004
| Posted on Wednesday, March 21, 2007 - 10:47 pm: | |
generally, traditionally speaking: Deh-troit (or even Duh-troit) is from those whose families have older roots here DEE-troit is a Southern influenced affectation Deh-troy-IT is from Ontario Day-twa is the proper French |
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz
Post Number: 1747 Registered: 12-2005
| Posted on Wednesday, March 21, 2007 - 10:50 pm: | |
To me it always sounded like Coleman Young pronounced it Dee-tro-it, 3 syllables. Then again, yeah, does it matter? |
Fury13 Member Username: Fury13
Post Number: 1453 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Wednesday, March 21, 2007 - 10:55 pm: | |
dih-TROIT. Accent on the second syllable. If you pronounce it differently, your family's probably only been here a couple of generations (in other words, you're a newbie). |
Rrl Member Username: Rrl
Post Number: 765 Registered: 12-2003
| Posted on Wednesday, March 21, 2007 - 11:07 pm: | |
Actually LivernoisYd, Milwaukee is in fact pronounced "mill-e-wah-que" which is Algonquin for "the good land." |
Scottr Member Username: Scottr
Post Number: 450 Registered: 07-2006
| Posted on Wednesday, March 21, 2007 - 11:09 pm: | |
dih-TROIT. American Heritage Dictionary and Webster's College Dictionary agree. DEE-troit is more of an Auburn Hills thing. (Message edited by scottr on March 21, 2007) |
Leland_palmer Member Username: Leland_palmer
Post Number: 253 Registered: 08-2004
| Posted on Wednesday, March 21, 2007 - 11:12 pm: | |
dih-TROIT |
Lilpup Member Username: Lilpup
Post Number: 1888 Registered: 06-2004
| Posted on Wednesday, March 21, 2007 - 11:14 pm: | |
Coleman Young wasn't a native Detroiter. He was from Alabama. (Deh-, Duh-, Dih-, at times I've actually thought about which is the most accurate sound) |
Lmichigan Member Username: Lmichigan
Post Number: 5271 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Wednesday, March 21, 2007 - 11:39 pm: | |
Yeah, I forgot to mention I place the emphasis on the second syllable. |
Soulhawk Member Username: Soulhawk
Post Number: 294 Registered: 04-2004
| Posted on Thursday, March 22, 2007 - 12:12 am: | |
Rrl must have been backstage with Alice Cooper! |
Jeduncan Member Username: Jeduncan
Post Number: 77 Registered: 11-2006
| Posted on Thursday, March 22, 2007 - 12:16 am: | |
Dee-Twah |
Crash_nyc Member Username: Crash_nyc
Post Number: 792 Registered: 08-2004
| Posted on Thursday, March 22, 2007 - 4:20 am: | |
"Dee-TROIT" (for natives like me) "DEE-troit" (for my fellow New Yorkers that dont have a clue) |
Charlottepaul Member Username: Charlottepaul
Post Number: 706 Registered: 10-2006
| Posted on Thursday, March 22, 2007 - 6:23 am: | |
'DEE-troit' for those outside of the city and that have never lived there, such as down here in the south. |
Detroitplanner Member Username: Detroitplanner
Post Number: 1119 Registered: 04-2006
| Posted on Thursday, March 22, 2007 - 8:29 am: | |
Day-troyt (soft-t at end) |
Jan Member Username: Jan
Post Number: 17 Registered: 07-2006
| Posted on Thursday, March 22, 2007 - 9:19 am: | |
Dih-TROIT, only. Hate Deetroit. And yes, people who live outside the area say it this way all of the time. jan |
Dds Member Username: Dds
Post Number: 174 Registered: 10-2006
| Posted on Thursday, March 22, 2007 - 9:38 am: | |
This is going to turn into one of those stupid "Michigander" or "Michiganian" type threads, isn't it? Cripes. |
Iheartthed Member Username: Iheartthed
Post Number: 538 Registered: 04-2006
| Posted on Thursday, March 22, 2007 - 9:57 am: | |
People on the east coast tend to say "Dih-troit". I say it like that too amongst my snobby peers, but when I'm home it's "DEE-TROIT". |
Savannahsmiles Member Username: Savannahsmiles
Post Number: 21 Registered: 05-2005
| Posted on Thursday, March 22, 2007 - 10:14 am: | |
Dds, I frequent another forum which consists mainly of women (1 man). We discuss many things and there are times when someone will say something others might not care for. During those times, we exercise a very cool concept which we like to call SOB. SOB, for those who don't know, means Scroll On By. ;-) I tend to say Dih-troit, myself. :-) |
Revolutionary Member Username: Revolutionary
Post Number: 125 Registered: 09-2004
| Posted on Thursday, March 22, 2007 - 11:15 am: | |
I'm going with the Jerry Cavanaugh pronunciation: http://www.archive.org/details /DetroitC1965 (Message edited by Revolutionary on March 22, 2007) |
Mackinaw Member Username: Mackinaw
Post Number: 2609 Registered: 02-2005
| Posted on Thursday, March 22, 2007 - 11:17 am: | |
Anything but DEE-troit. Unfortunately this is what most people in the sports media say when they talk about our teams. It's definitly a proven fact that the emphasis is not on the first syllable; the Ontario way that Lilpup identifies might be my favorite foreign version, but the proper pronounciation remains the one with the short, unemphasized 'e.' |
Oldredfordette Member Username: Oldredfordette
Post Number: 1362 Registered: 02-2004
| Posted on Thursday, March 22, 2007 - 11:39 am: | |
DEE-troit is an insult. |
Urbanize Member Username: Urbanize
Post Number: 308 Registered: 02-2007
| Posted on Thursday, March 22, 2007 - 12:09 pm: | |
I See DE-Troit, saying it like that is not an insult. In reality, the wya we say it anyway is an insult to our French Ancestors, as they said it DAI-TROUT. |
Umstucoach Member Username: Umstucoach
Post Number: 134 Registered: 04-2006
| Posted on Thursday, March 22, 2007 - 12:45 pm: | |
Southern migration during the first part of the 20th century made it DEE-troit (that would always bug my dad to hear it called DEE-troit, and my family isn't originally from SE Michigan). I guess it doesn't help when people call it the "D" either. |
Spacemonkey Member Username: Spacemonkey
Post Number: 179 Registered: 03-2006
| Posted on Thursday, March 22, 2007 - 12:52 pm: | |
De-toilet |
Jt1 Member Username: Jt1
Post Number: 8614 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Thursday, March 22, 2007 - 12:55 pm: | |
Stupid thread but I just call it home. |
Steelworker Member Username: Steelworker
Post Number: 834 Registered: 02-2004
| Posted on Thursday, March 22, 2007 - 12:56 pm: | |
I would day Duhtroit, never thought about it till this thread, Im starting to realize you are right that DEEtroit is newer family way of sayin it. |
Traxus Member Username: Traxus
Post Number: 85 Registered: 02-2006
| Posted on Thursday, March 22, 2007 - 1:06 pm: | |
duh troit Out of town folk tend say dee troit, those of us who live here have usually become too lazy to say the 'ee' every time. Midwestren-slur speak. |
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba
Post Number: 5054 Registered: 11-2003
| Posted on Thursday, March 22, 2007 - 1:58 pm: | |
Space monkey, you ARE a space monkey. dih-TROIT, heard from an old timey Detroiter. If you say fucking DEE-troit, you also say INN-surance, DISS-play, and gonna go. You're illiterate and grew up somewhere's between Ashland and Louisa, Kentucky. Using the Coleman Young di-troi-it is perfectly acceptable. Don't confuse him with DEE-troit which is so ignorant. Ofcourse, those of us on The Forum like da-twa because we be so hip and so French. jjaba, Westside Bar Mitzvah Bukkor. |
Soulsauce Member Username: Soulsauce
Post Number: 194 Registered: 05-2004
| Posted on Thursday, March 22, 2007 - 4:02 pm: | |
Dih-TROIT for me (or deh-TROIT). DEE-troit only when followed by BASKETBAAAAAAAALLLLLLL!!! (The DEE-troit pronunciation drove me crazy while watching the movie "Dreamgirls." Hollywood never gets the pronunciation right.) |
Burnsie Member Username: Burnsie
Post Number: 915 Registered: 11-2003
| Posted on Thursday, March 22, 2007 - 4:44 pm: | |
From Larousse's French-English English-French Dictionary, 1996 ed.: detroit [detrwa] nm strait. The e in Detroit has an accent aigu (slanting upwards). Unfortunately, it looks like you can't insert accents on this site. |
Mikeg Member Username: Mikeg
Post Number: 720 Registered: 12-2005
| Posted on Thursday, March 22, 2007 - 9:37 pm: | |
détroit Go to Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools to get the Character Map. Select the special character you want and note the ASCII keystroke code in the lower right corner. The e with the acute accent has a ASCII code of 233. Use the ASCII code tag in the Miscellaneous section in place of the character when you write your post. |
Andylinn Member Username: Andylinn
Post Number: 333 Registered: 04-2006
| Posted on Thursday, March 22, 2007 - 10:12 pm: | |
ok.... "DA-troit" as a pronunciation is NOT the french way to say it... if you want to say it french like it would be: something like: "DAY-TWAH" which is cool. i prefer the oldtimey pronounce of: "DEE-TROY-IT" that's the way it's done... but in practicality, i just say "dee-troit" |
Urbanize Member Username: Urbanize
Post Number: 322 Registered: 02-2007
| Posted on Thursday, March 22, 2007 - 10:15 pm: | |
I thought about forgetting the "W" afer I typed my post Andylinn, ty for enlightening us. The "DEE-TROY-IT" way is like a hyped up party way to say the name of the city. |
Eastsidedame Member Username: Eastsidedame
Post Number: 8 Registered: 12-2006
| Posted on Thursday, March 22, 2007 - 11:12 pm: | |
DEE-TROY-IT is for when you're writing a song and you need three syllables. It's pronounced D'troyt. Dih-troyt sounds just about the same and is also right. Accent always on the second syllable. Except in French class, then it's "DEH-TWAH" (the strait). N'est-ce pas? |
Dede313 Member Username: Dede313
Post Number: 17 Registered: 11-2006
| Posted on Thursday, March 22, 2007 - 11:34 pm: | |
Da troit sounds so country...I say deetroit, i like emphasizing the D and E!! I also have stayed in Deeetroit my whole life,and i am not ignorant if I am ..someone tell me |
Gistok Member Username: Gistok
Post Number: 3881 Registered: 08-2004
| Posted on Friday, March 23, 2007 - 1:00 am: | |
It has the same inflection as Cadieux, Schoenherr, Gratiot and Goethe... |
Larryinflorida Member Username: Larryinflorida
Post Number: 29 Registered: 02-2007
| Posted on Friday, March 23, 2007 - 1:22 am: | |
Next week's topic: People who say Lash-er road. |
Gistok Member Username: Gistok
Post Number: 3882 Registered: 08-2004
| Posted on Friday, March 23, 2007 - 1:27 am: | |
.... and there are 2 R's in LIBRARY.... .... and the "K" comes after the "S" in ASK... .... and PORK is not a verb.... |
Larryinflorida Member Username: Larryinflorida
Post Number: 30 Registered: 02-2007
| Posted on Friday, March 23, 2007 - 2:39 am: | |
And a personalized license plate does not mean a family member made it. |
Rhymeswithrawk Member Username: Rhymeswithrawk
Post Number: 497 Registered: 11-2005
| Posted on Friday, March 23, 2007 - 2:50 am: | |
Duh-troit. Only rubes from Auburn Hills say "Deeeeeee-troit." |
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba
Post Number: 5057 Registered: 11-2003
| Posted on Friday, March 23, 2007 - 3:54 pm: | |
Ok, so you got Dolly Parton with her DEE-troit City. I wanna go home. Gistok reminds jjaba about OJ Simpson. The boys down to Southcentral LA (Normandy and Florence) were arguing with OJ about some damn thang. And one guys says, "Ax Nicole, jes Ax her." OJ went home and axed her awright. jjaba, there's a lesson here about good diction. deh-TROIT, jes ax jjaba. Nobody here says "getta-go" either. And please, don't call for the PO-lice. |
Michmeister Member Username: Michmeister
Post Number: 149 Registered: 10-2006
| Posted on Friday, March 23, 2007 - 8:12 pm: | |
Call us Deetroiters or Datroiters. Just don`t call us late for dinner. |
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba
Post Number: 5058 Registered: 11-2003
| Posted on Friday, March 23, 2007 - 9:47 pm: | |
Michmeister, how's they call us down yonder in the Delta country? jjaba. |
Missnmich Member Username: Missnmich
Post Number: 583 Registered: 11-2004
| Posted on Saturday, March 24, 2007 - 9:47 am: | |
Yankees. |
Bulletmagnet Member Username: Bulletmagnet
Post Number: 143 Registered: 01-2007
| Posted on Saturday, March 24, 2007 - 10:12 am: | |
Doe, a Dee, a Dee Troit Dee... |
Erikd Member Username: Erikd
Post Number: 828 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Sunday, March 25, 2007 - 2:10 am: | |
Dih-TROIT is the most common local pronunciation. I don't know any Detroiters that say "DEE-troit"... |
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba
Post Number: 5065 Registered: 11-2003
| Posted on Sunday, March 25, 2007 - 6:04 pm: | |
Missnmich, we eagerly await your survey in a Southern church on how to pronounce the auto capital of the world, a large ciy in Michigan. Do it before jjaba calls to the PO-lice. jjaba, LOL. |
Michmeister Member Username: Michmeister
Post Number: 150 Registered: 10-2006
| Posted on Sunday, March 25, 2007 - 6:36 pm: | |
Them kindly folks up no`th? Theys always been Deeetroitas, I reckon. The po-lice? Thems those critters that be crawlin on yo hind quarters, if yall ain`t been in the crick, bathin` like yo mama telled ya. |
Pam Member Username: Pam
Post Number: 1223 Registered: 11-2005
| Posted on Sunday, March 25, 2007 - 7:54 pm: | |
quote:I don't know any Detroiters that say "DEE-troit"... Didn't Ted Nugent say it that way in "Motor City Madhouse"? |
Lilpup Member Username: Lilpup
Post Number: 1915 Registered: 06-2004
| Posted on Sunday, March 25, 2007 - 8:02 pm: | |
probably why he moved to Texas |
Kronprinz Member Username: Kronprinz
Post Number: 185 Registered: 12-2006
| Posted on Sunday, March 25, 2007 - 8:57 pm: | |
The late great Michigan historian Arthur Pound had a little passage in his book "Detroit, Dynamic City" as to who pronounces it how and why ... but I can't seem to find it. For people who are into why people pronounce words certain ways and how dialects evolved in this country I suggest H.L. Menckens "The American Language". Super Fascinating for aspiring wordsmiths. |
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz
Post Number: 1755 Registered: 12-2005
| Posted on Sunday, March 25, 2007 - 9:25 pm: | |
This didn't seem worth starting another thread but it was interesting nonetheless: Grand Valley State linguist listens to Yoopers' talk, eh? |
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba
Post Number: 5066 Registered: 11-2003
| Posted on Monday, March 26, 2007 - 12:31 am: | |
Missnmich knows the difference between Yankees and damn Yankees, we bet. Yankees come down South and visit, vacation and leave. Damn Yankees stay there. These days, plenty of damn Yankees in NC, Ark., etc., eh. How many of you don't know what "Up North" means to a Detroiter? And then there's the "Ma-troit, MO-FO" crowd. That's another variation on the theme of Detroit. jjaba, Westsider on the Dexter bus. |