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Is it (Yew)- ston or (Hugh)- ston...?

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by 713, Dec 10, 2012.

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  1. Rodman23

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    repped
     
    #21 Rodman23, Dec 10, 2012
  2. CometsWin

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    God you're annoying as hell.
     
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  3. macalu

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    give this fool the ronny treatment. derail his threads.
     
    #23 macalu, Dec 10, 2012
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    Aptly describes my reaction to reading this thread, then finally coming across your post. Repped, my friend.
     
    #25 SC1211, Dec 10, 2012
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  9. Burko

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    i live in london, and don't know anyone who would pronounce it like that.

    We have a train station called Euston that people sometimes pronounce Houston similar to, but i usually kill those people, so their numbers are dwindling.
     
    #29 Burko, Dec 11, 2012
  10. Jontro

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    There was a theater professor at UH almost a decade ago named Huston.

    People were torn whether his name was pronounce "huss-tunn" or "Hyoo-stun"
     
    #30 Jontro, Dec 11, 2012
  11. juicystream

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    I live in Houston County, GA. We pronounce it that way.

    They always say do you live in a house or in a huse.
     
    #31 juicystream, Dec 11, 2012
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    So this is planet Houston.
     
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  13. Haymitch

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    I had a professor my freshman year from Boston who used to always say "Yew-ston" and "Humble". This was at a university in Dallas, and having lived there for many years he had fully adopted the Dallas-area jackassness. So when one day I politely pointed out the correct way to pronounce the name of those cities, he looked at me with such disdain that I thought he would fail me in the class.

    Joke's on him though. I think he's dead now.

    Oh and
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  14. DonnyMost

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    Yew-stun is the correct pronunciation, but I have no problem with Hugh-stun either, in fact I think it sounds better.

    I like to call it "Hughes-town", since that is really what it was named after.
     
    #34 DonnyMost, Dec 11, 2012
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    that just happened
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    You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Relentless again.

    I tried..:grin:
     
    #36 davidio840, Dec 11, 2012
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    As much as I love and use the ignore list, I wish there was a way to automatically block any thread started by someone on your list. That would be awesome.
     
    #37 Raven, Dec 11, 2012
  18. macalu

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    there's a firefox extension that does exactly that. i can't remember the name of it though.
     
    #38 macalu, Dec 11, 2012
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    PLEASE remember it. Will give rep. Anything to rid my eyes of this virgins posts will always be remembered.
     
    #39 LonghornFan, Dec 11, 2012
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    came here for the House-ton reference and leaving wondering why everyone is repping relentless
     
    #40 K mf G, Dec 11, 2012
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