Missoura?????? Anyone from Missouri you know say that?

[sistersofmercy]

Oh how people from northern and central parts of Missouri hate it when politicians use "Missoura." I'm in St Louis and don't know one person who says "Missoura" not one! Why do out-of-towners say this? It's insulting.

[Shrek]

1. My mom's from Missouri and she pronounces it that way

:shrug:

[fudge stripe cookays]

2. Everyone I've ever met from Missouri pronounces it

that way.

But I couldn't tell you where all these folks were from. We had neighbors in San Antonio who wre from Rolla, and they pronounced it that way.

FSC

[Vincardog]

9. I am from Missouri. In town the uppity folks pronounce it MissourI

out in the sticks the common folks pronounce it Missouraaa
I Am in Texas now and just say I am from the state of Misery.

[SammyWinstonJack]

27. LOL

State of Misery indeed! :hi:

[sandnsea]

31. uppity folks, lol

My dad was born in St. Louis, he pronounces it Missouri. Definitely NOT uppity; old time union Catholic Democrats.

My mom is from the country, Missoura.

I think it depends on where one's from yes, but not "uppity". I think you were being facetious there, right?

[Niquie]

10. Missouri born and bred friend...

...says "MISSOURI."

But then, Connecticut should be pronounced "CONNEC-TI-CUT" wouldn't it?

I have never before heard of a silent "c." Silent "p", silent "k", silent "g" but never a silent "c."

Please, educate me if I am wrong.

[MoJoWorkin]

24. It is MISSOURI

Kit Bond started calling it MissourA when he was Gov, and it is mostly the Repukes that call it MissourA.
I have lived in SW MO all my life(almost 60 years), and NEVER said MissourA, nor did I ever hardly hear anyone say MissourA, until the Repukes started making it fashionable.
And, I definitely am not UPPITY, ha!:kick:

[sistersofmercy]

11. Rolla is southern MO and yes they do pronounce it that way

My point is those of us living in St Louis don't but politicians come here and say "Missoura" and it sounds phony because they aren't from southern "Missoura."

[karlrschneider]

28. I lived in MO for some years & heard it both ways. Not up high on my list

of worries either way. :D (My middle name is Rolla, my dad hung it on me 'cause he went to college there back when it was called MO School of Mines) ;-)

[karlrschneider]

30. There's a Miami here in Oklahoma, a little north of me. People who live

there go into an apocolyptic state of high dudgeon if anyone pronounces it like like the Florida one. It MUST be "mi-am-uh" Jesus, what idiots.

edit, typo

[drscm]

3. It's an affect popular in the rural areas and promoted by its politicians

to show the people their "connection."

[ibegurpard]

4. I had an old co-worker who was almost willing to come to blows

saying that "missourah" was the proper way to say and the way people from Missouri said it. Apparently he had relatives there or something. It bugs me too and hope he's incorrect.

[clydefrand]

5. In 1959--my first year in college, I had

professor who was from there. She said that was the correct way to say it--Missoura. She was ancient! But she was smart. But about the pronounciation...I don't know.

[pstokely]

6. it's a rural thing

nt

[russian33]

7. 'I'll be dead and burried before I recognize Missoura as a state!!!'

:7

[MoJoWorkin]

26. RIGHT ON!!!

[glitch]

8. My grandmother who was born and raised in Missouri used to say Missoura

She died about 20 years ago. Maybe it's a generational thing? Or maybe regional.

[Vincardog]

14. It is a class thing. Uppity Missouri, Common Missouraaa

[sandnsea]

33. It's not a class thing

My mother's people were much wealthier than my father's. They lived in the country, therefore, Missoura. My dad lived in St. Louis, therefore, Missouri. It's a city mouse/country mouse thing and nothing more.

[SaintLouisBlues]

34. Not class, urban/rural

The vast majority of St. Louis and Kansas City people pronounce it Missouri. I'd guess it is 60/40 Missourah/Missouri in the sticks.

So most of the 5.5 million pronounce it : Missouri.

Politicians have recently made adds pronouncing it both ways and they run the Missourah take outstate.

[clydefrand]

19. I have a feeling it's a generational thing as you say

This lady was at least 65 in '59.

[Annette]

12. Well, I was born and raised in Missouri

and still live in the state of Misery, and I call it Missouri.

[ochazuke]

13. I think it has to do with settlement patterns

Parts of the state settled by folk from Kentucky and Tennessee in the 1820s to 1840s (about) pronounce it 'Mizzurah'. All others say it 'Mizzoorii'.

[LDS Jock]

15. Springfield TV said it that way

I grew up on the Arkansas/Missouri state line, getting local TV from Springfield MO. Almost all of the news anchors on Springfield TV said it that way. I always hated it. I sounds hick.

[Vincardog]

18. ldsjock hit it it sounds hick.

[ibegurpard]

22. The reason it bugs me is that it's an almost wilful mispronunciation

of the way the word should be pronounced by its spelling.

[markdd]

16. Until now Asskrack was the

only one I heard pronounce it that way, and I lived there (St. Louis) for 3 years. Local radio folks thought he was a jerk for saying it that way. Enormous state university located in Columbia is called Mizzou.

Now when I went to the University of Oklahoma, every year we had to play the team from Misery.

[MadHound]

17. I'm from Mid Mo, and it depends on where I am, who I'm with

If I'm with my normal, intelligent circle of friends and acquaintances, I say Missouri. If I'm out in the sticks, or down in Springfield, I'll say Missoura. Just part of how I change my accent in order to blend in(I've always done that, even when speaking a foreign language, I'll adapt the idiom of the those around me).

No big deal with me, just one of those local, slightly crazed oddities.

[sistersofmercy]

23. I understand that very well but my point is why would someone not from

MO say it? Yes there are quite a few of "those local, slightly crazed oddities." I guess I'm just being huffy about it.

[Vincardog]

32. It is just like The Shrub doing his Aw shucks act. Folks want to connect

with the common folks. You know PANDERING get it?

[Neecy]

45. get ready for some major-league pandering...

You KNOW that BunnyBoy is going to toss in at least one "Missourah" tonight to pander to the rural southern MO vote. If he doesn't have a huge turnout there, he's lost the state, no matter how he pretends to pronounce it.

I'm guessing he'll say it twice, maybe three times.

[seabeyond]

20. i say or e gone..............instead of or e gan

i want to move to oregon simply so i can say the word my way more.

[Pirate Smile]

21. It may be generational but all my relatives (including parents) say

Missoura.

Younger people and people from outside the state tend to say Missouri.

I was born there but moved out when I was 5 so I always say Missouri.

[Neecy]

25. well...

I was born in Missouri, and I've never referred to it as anything but Missouri.

I noticed that Matthews was asking the Washington U students how they pronounced it, and they all said 'Missouri'. It's a regional thing - sort of like two different states.

[chieftain]

29. I grew up in Kansas City where we always thought missoura

was a St.Louis affectation . However I have to admit that one of my brothers has broken from the family tradition and sounds as if he lives in Clayton .

[No2W2004]

42. Bingo!

I grew up in KC as well. Only people in St. Louis say "Missour-ee".

Everyone else says "Missour-ah"

[glitch]

35. interesting article on the debate

http://www.hannibal.net/stories/101202/tri_1012020033.shtml

Here's how the article ends:
"I just hope this debate doesn't go away. It's one thing the family can argue about around the table over Thanksgiving dinner," Blunt said, "and still stay friendly enough to share dessert."

[gemlake]

36. I only said Missoura

at football games--Missourah! Tigers!

[SaintLouisBlues]

38. Mizzou-Rah, Mizzou-Rah, Mizzou-Rah

Tigers!

[gemlake]

39. "Zou"?

I've never yelled "Mi" "zoo" rah Tigers. Maybe I'm just a hick and never knew it.

[SaintLouisBlues]

41. This was a marketing campaign back in the day "Mizzou-Rah"

Mizzou is a nickname for things University of Missouri-Columbia related.

[Nevernose]

37. Only Grandpa Simpson

It'll be a cold day in Hell before I recognize Missuorra!

[SaintLouisBlues]

40. How about the Huck Finn Simpsons episode:

As Huck (Bart) and Jim (Nelson) head down river, they are relieved to see the sign "Now leaving Missouri", only to say Do'h upon seeing the sign "Now entering Missourah".

I laughed and I laughed.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

43. Everyone I know calls it Misery

:evilgrin:

[cally]

44. My grandfather was from rural Missouri

and he always called in Missoura. But that generation also called San Francisco, 'frisco', which I always hated. I think it's your age and where you are from.

[ochazuke]

46. Rah-sayers who aren't hicks...

It's an insult really. I mean, are the hill people so stupid that they won't vote for anyone who uses the city people pronunciation?

That's why I don't vote for politicians who say Mizzourah. I hope that isn't ironic.