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Wed May 9, 2012, 09:44 AM

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It's "Missour-ee," not "Missour-uh." Anyone who says "Missour-uh" [View all]	raccoon	May 2012	OP
Is the capital of Kentucky pronounced ...	Newsjock	May 2012	#1
Frankfort.	Scuba	May 2012	#3
Yay	Newsjock	May 2012	#4
When I was there, it was misery.	Scuba	May 2012	#2
After I got a speeding ticket for a cop how looked like he belonged in	all american girl	May 2012	#9
I was born in Hannibal "Missour-uh"	nevergiveup	May 2012	#5
And I was born in Columbia, Missouri-uh	IphengeniaBlumgarten	May 2012	#8
Born in Springfield, Missour-uh!	The Genealogist	Jul 2012	#23
same thing with ohi-O and ohi-UH. Around here they say you can	madmom	May 2012	#6
My old boss was form Ohio	tularetom	May 2012	#7
My parents were MO natives... Depends on which side of the state...	hlthe2b	May 2012	#10
Did you not see my emoticon? nt	raccoon	May 2012	#12
Yes, but I guess I missed your intended meaning...	hlthe2b	May 2012	#13
I thought it was the other way around.....	lastlib	May 2012	#15
re: "Thought what was the other way around?" I'm afraid I don't follow your post at all.	hlthe2b	May 2012	#16
Folks in StLouis said "Missouree"; in KC it was "Missouruh"	lastlib	May 2012	#17
Maybe it is intermixed now then... Going back to great grandparents the area north of KC was all	hlthe2b	May 2012	#18
I live in KCMO now and I hear "Missouree".	RC	May 2012	#21
I'd bet you think there is an "L" in Mawakee, Wizconsson, too.	HereSince1628	May 2012	#11
My mom's granddad was from MO and he (and she) always pronounced it Missour-uh.	kestrel91316	May 2012	#14
I live in Missour-ah.	Mad-in-Mo	May 2012	#19
ARK-an- saw.	raccoon	May 2012	#20
Missour-ee is how the Indian phrase that it came from was pronounced.	Gore1FL	May 2012	#22
I remember reading an article years ago.	xmas74	Jul 2012	#24

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