Fun With Names: Oklahoma

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  • Опубликовано: 2 фев 2025

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  • @dedifiedjelly
    @dedifiedjelly 3 года назад +222

    Okie’s “:(“ when he’s asked to abbreviate just hsjfbndit was kinda cute ngl-

  • @SarcasticasKel
    @SarcasticasKel 3 года назад +164

    “Oh right how could I be so silly.”
    “That’s ok buddy I’ll keep it simple” 😂🤣😂 He looked gov straight in the face & lied!
    The sponsor ad was the best one I’ve seen! Congrats!

    • @Tomyironmane
      @Tomyironmane Год назад +1

      Pretty funny when the boot is on the other foot.

  • @dionadair8195
    @dionadair8195 3 года назад +249

    FINALLY, a sponsorship that's actually interesting.
    I'm still not getting Skillshare, but it was nice to be actually entertained by one of these for once.

    • @sillygoosetaur
      @sillygoosetaur 3 года назад +4

      i might honestly

    • @AevitosTrath
      @AevitosTrath 2 года назад +4

      Florida just constantly throwing insults is hilarious

  • @everythinghurts5057
    @everythinghurts5057 3 года назад +221

    As an Oklahoman, can you do more of Oklahoma? I love it.

    • @austin3171
      @austin3171 3 года назад +23

      Same! I wanna see him hand-wave away the town that keeps getting blown away and rebuilt.
      I know we have a lot of towns like that, but I specifically mean Moore.

    • @ItalyHastaLaPasta
      @ItalyHastaLaPasta 3 года назад +16

      @@austin3171 El Reno: we gotta stop getting hit by all these tornadoes every year
      Moore: Challenge Accepted
      El Reno: Nowaitstop-
      I'm sad he didn't mention Nowhere, OK or "Miam-uh" lol

    • @OkieRhio
      @OkieRhio 3 года назад +9

      I would almost (Almost) pay to hear him try to attempt the pronunciation on some of the more Obsure (First Nations) named towns around here. *evilgrin* heck, I'd almost pay to hear anyone from east of the Mississippi or west of the Rockies try to pronounce some of 'em

    • @smoothlyamusing
      @smoothlyamusing 2 года назад +5

      Same! There's so many he could have real fun with
      Lotawater Oklahoma it's very wet here
      Nowater Oklahoma it's very dry here

    • @lilly_paige_o
      @lilly_paige_o 2 года назад +1

      Yes!!!! I want more Ok representation

  • @WeirdestArrow
    @WeirdestArrow 3 года назад +101

    There’s a town called Slaughter Beach in Delaware, so I’m not too surprised by Slaughterville.

    • @AmyHoward13
      @AmyHoward13 3 года назад +1

      There used to be a cattle slaughterhouse there. I’m unsure if it’s still there.

    • @MahouShoujoTomato
      @MahouShoujoTomato 3 года назад +2

      Is that where all the horror villains stay on their down time? XD

    • @WeirdestArrow
      @WeirdestArrow 3 года назад +1

      @@MahouShoujoTomato Who know? I just pass it on the highway sometimes and think to myself “who decided that Slaughter Beach was a good name for a town?”

    • @catsend
      @catsend 3 года назад +1

      “With Texas Slaughter, you do what you oughter, you do what you oughter or die!”

    • @madmatt9114
      @madmatt9114 3 года назад +2

      there is also Slaughters, Kentucky. Apparently named so because a guy with that as his last name won the right to choose the name of the town in a card game

  • @Badattituud
    @Badattituud 3 года назад +39

    Fun fact: back in 2004, PeTA tried to get Slaughterville to change their name to Veggieville. Not only did the residents and neighbors of Slaughterville protest against this affront, the Slaughter family (for whom the town is named) joined in the resistance. Slaughterville is still Slaughterville - if you are driving through, don't sneeze or you'll miss it :)
    (posted before I watched it all.. Fun to see Midwest City in there, that's where I graduated from high school GO BOMBERS!)

    • @Milokissavlk
      @Milokissavlk 3 года назад +1

      Jesus Christ that’s amazing

  • @JFCMYERS
    @JFCMYERS 3 года назад +307

    Missed a golden opportunity with Nowhere, Oklahoma. Made me laugh though!

    • @willowgraphics
      @willowgraphics 3 года назад +15

      In my opinion he missed lots of golden opportunities there’s so many cities in the state that he could’ve gone with I am thrilled he did the village though

    • @clv2015
      @clv2015 3 года назад +5

      I was looking for this comment because if it wasn’t out there I was going to say the exact thing! Haha but it would have been more entertaining if he tried to say some of the towns like Miami ok, or Durant ok and other towns that aren’t pronounced the way they are spelt 😂

    • @whynot7585
      @whynot7585 2 года назад +2

      If I ever visit I can literally be in the middle of nowhere. Near me (New England) we mostly have normal names. The only weird ones are Framingham and the other ones ending in ham. The names here can be tricky to pronounce though. For example, Worcester is pronounced whooster and there is a bunch of tricky ones like that.

    • @thefudgecake1626
      @thefudgecake1626 2 года назад

      There's also a city called Ryan...

    • @iris5678
      @iris5678 2 года назад +3

      @@clv2015 Wapanucka is a good one. Gotta love those Indigenous names :) Bois D'Arc

  • @Natthebubblegirl
    @Natthebubblegirl 3 года назад +85

    The only time I didn’t skip sponsorship part of the video

  • @EmmaChihuahua81
    @EmmaChihuahua81 3 года назад +31

    My grandfather lives in Slaughterville and I have several family members buried in the Hooker cemetery so I figured those would be mentioned.
    I'm surprised he didn't mention the Hellmouth located in Norman. They built a fancy football stadium right over the top of it.

  • @jacqueyoung1911
    @jacqueyoung1911 3 года назад +27

    In case anyone ever wondered how Slapout, OK got its name: Supposedly the owner of the store there (one of the only buildings) would say, "We're slap outta that," whenever something was out of stock. I'm told they were often "slap outta" a lot of things a lot of the time.

  • @AmyHoward13
    @AmyHoward13 3 года назад +56

    I grew up in Midwest City :) I live in Maryland now. I am sad you missed Pink, OK. Also Hooker used to have the high school mascot of the “horned toads.” Henrietta (where Troy Aikman came from) used to be the Henrietta fightin’ hens. They’ve sadly changed it now. V. Sad.

    • @Badattituud
      @Badattituud 3 года назад +1

      I was hoping to see Pink mentioned too :)

    • @icarusbinns3156
      @icarusbinns3156 3 года назад

      Wait… the Fightin’ Hens got changed? WHYYY????

    • @ItalyHastaLaPasta
      @ItalyHastaLaPasta 3 года назад +1

      Grew up in MWC? Obligatory go Del City Eagles then ;) lol

    • @OkieRhio
      @OkieRhio 3 года назад

      @@ItalyHastaLaPasta As a Bomber Alum - pppppppffffffffftttttttt....... we still stole that stupid Eagle statue more than once as a prank.....

    • @cassidywoodliff
      @cassidywoodliff 2 года назад

      My Dad was a fighting hen. Always loved visiting my grandparents there.

  • @thespringercompany
    @thespringercompany 3 года назад +26

    As an Okie, loved it. When the sequel comes out, happy to help with pronunciations. 😉
    “it’s my-am-uh, not my-am-ee.” Loved that billboard before exit 313. (IYKYK)

    • @ameliadolan6699
      @ameliadolan6699 3 года назад +4

      I kept waiting for him to do Miami (pronounced My-am-uh)! And the fact that Broken Arrow is nowhere near Broken Bow.

    • @sissinoklahoma2057
      @sissinoklahoma2057 3 года назад

      @@ameliadolan6699 the arrow traveled before it broke. Lol

    • @horrorjunkie137
      @horrorjunkie137 3 года назад

      Lol maybe I'm mean, but I was really hoping to see him struggle with pronunciation.

    • @ItalyHastaLaPasta
      @ItalyHastaLaPasta 3 года назад +2

      @@horrorjunkie137 Miami and Chickasha. Because there's a right way, and the way non-okies pronounce them lol

    • @josephsimmons2242
      @josephsimmons2242 3 года назад

      Tahlequah

  • @mariajosev.5706
    @mariajosev.5706 3 года назад +70

    The more videos you do about city names it makes me want to rent an RV and just travel around seeing all these places. I wonder how Halloween is like in Slaughterville?!?!🤔🤔

    • @willowgraphics
      @willowgraphics 3 года назад +6

      Not as exciting as you think it would be Slaughterville is pretty much country like super country

    • @meaganmoody5443
      @meaganmoody5443 3 года назад +3

      Slaughterville is boring, but so’s the rest of the state so…

    • @ItalyHastaLaPasta
      @ItalyHastaLaPasta 3 года назад +4

      @@meaganmoody5443 I dunno, there's laser tag and a haunted corn maze in Weatherford every Halloween :P

    • @OkieRhio
      @OkieRhio 3 года назад +2

      Eh, Slaughterville isn't that bad, but it is primarily Rural. And Meagan? Oklahoma isn't boring unless you have a serious lack of imagination and a serious drive to stay within 2 miles of home for everything you do.
      Downtown OKC has Bricktown, the Thunder stadium, Crystal Bridge, the Riverwalk Canal, The Water Adventures area on the river, the Baseball stadium, the Zoo, Remington Park Raceway, and a plethora of absolutely outstanding Restaurants from literally every cuisine in the world. There are a dozen really good State Parks scattered across Oklahoma, all of them with camping, fishing, and other attractions. There are a few dozen lakes in Oklahoma for boating, fishing, skiing, and just relaxing at. The Wichita Wildlife Preserve is beautiful and open to the public for the majority of the year, and has open to the public auctions of managed herd meat on a semi-regular basis. Tulsa has as much to offer as OKC itself, and Tulsa's Riverwalk area is incredibly beautiful. There are museums all over the state covering a wide range of specialty topics. There's Turner Falls, and the Sulpher Springs area with Little Niagra. There are PowWows that are open to the public in several parts of the state, many (if not Most) of those being open to the public for at least part of their run.

    • @Skrimbi
      @Skrimbi 2 года назад

      Not much

  • @royeltheroyal
    @royeltheroyal 3 года назад +9

    I love how you involved the states in the ad. It's the first time I haven't skipped it

  • @seanp.6872
    @seanp.6872 3 года назад +27

    I love how Florida called Ben a nerd 🤣

  • @fairycat23
    @fairycat23 3 года назад +13

    The bit about Loui's Saints shirt, I'm--

  • @allisonisbeast0757
    @allisonisbeast0757 2 года назад +3

    As an Oklahoman I would love it if u made more Oklahoma centric videos they’re so funny and relatable

  • @Tater_Lord
    @Tater_Lord 3 года назад +5

    That was the best skill share ad I've ever seen hands down I love it

  • @NocturnalNarrates
    @NocturnalNarrates 3 года назад +4

    As someone who lived in Midwest City, Oklahoma, I enjoyed this video.

  • @ahaddix
    @ahaddix 3 года назад +2

    The lack of Tahlequah Oolagah Okmulgee Skiatook Ponca and Tulsa proves to me that Ben fears our names

  • @justincase4708
    @justincase4708 2 года назад +2

    Being from Oklahoma, I can get behind this video 100%!

  • @meteorologist5059
    @meteorologist5059 2 года назад +2

    I from Oklahoma and I have to say I laughed at this so much about the city names

  • @tomstrebeck1478
    @tomstrebeck1478 3 года назад +7

    Last time I was this early, Oklahoma still hadn’t gotten the panhandle yet.

  • @MusicLover97ization
    @MusicLover97ization Год назад +1

    As an Oklahoman. 1, Thank you for naming off my hometown. 2. Plz do more Oklahoma.

  • @themysfit
    @themysfit 3 года назад +2

    There's also a city in Oklahoma called Sallisaw. My family and I drove thru it going to and from New Mexico in 1989, and anytime we passed a sign with the name "Sallisaw" on it, we would say "What else did Sally see?" LOL

  • @mollythe1andonly
    @mollythe1andonly Год назад +1

    “CaN tHeY tEaCh Me HoW tO rEaD?” 3:29

  • @lisascape
    @lisascape 3 года назад +2

    Congrats on getting sponsored! That's awesome.

  • @shaevanim
    @shaevanim 3 года назад +7

    As someone who grew up in Oklahoma, more Oklahoma please :) Also: Bowlegs, OK.

    • @ItalyHastaLaPasta
      @ItalyHastaLaPasta 3 года назад +1

      He had an opportunity to mention Lake Tenkiller with being aggressive and he didn't take it lol shame

  • @JoslinGaming
    @JoslinGaming 2 года назад +2

    I'm from Oklahoma and thought this was funny. Keep the hard work up

  • @freddgirl0293
    @freddgirl0293 3 года назад +3

    Hooker's actually a pretty nice town if you can survive the trip through the panhandle

  • @halo285x
    @halo285x 3 года назад +2

    Never done skillshare but Im trying it now. Thanks Ben!!!!

  • @codyandcars
    @codyandcars 3 года назад +2

    This could have been a 20 minute skit over my state, I loved it 🤣

  • @KanyonMcDowell
    @KanyonMcDowell 3 года назад +3

    As a resident of Oklahoma I appreciate this

  • @sharizabel2582
    @sharizabel2582 2 года назад +1

    Hooker, OK is the home of the Hornitoads. The local AAA baseball team.

  • @twistedkitchen2109
    @twistedkitchen2109 3 года назад +8

    As some o e who lives here this is funny as heck!

  • @kattalainna7436
    @kattalainna7436 3 года назад +17

    I was really hoping you’d include Hooker and didn’t let me down

  • @bellaspaulding5547
    @bellaspaulding5547 2 года назад +1

    As an Oklahoman I can verify this is the standard outfit for most of Oklahoma we all own a thunder hat and an OU shirt 😅😅😅

  • @OkieRhio
    @OkieRhio 3 года назад +1

    I'm an Okie by birth and upbringing. I've also lived in Midwest City for the vast majority of my life.
    Midwest City is actually named for the Air Force Base (now known as Tinker) that it grew up around. Originally, Tinker AFB was named Midwest Air Depot - when it was authorized and built during the 1940s, back when the Air Force was still the Army Air Corp. When the plots of land were purchased to start building Midwest City, its name was decided on to honor the new Base. Midwest Air Depot surrounded by Midwest City, with the 2 main streets in town - 1 mile apart, and placed at the (then) two main entrance gates of the base being Air Depot Blvd and Midwest Blvd, setting the west and east boundaries (respectively) of the Original Mile neighborhood. That neighborhood was primarily off base family housing and officers housing during the 40s. It wasn't until the mid 60s, long after the initial construction of both the air base and the town that its part of were built, that the base was renamed Tinker Air Force Base.
    Just as an FYI - Slaughterville is named after the family that founded it; Guthrie (the original state Capital) was as well - and yes, its the same family that eventually gave birth to Arlo Guthrie the Musician (Alice's Restaurant, anyone?) Moon being named Moon was in honor of the fact that Armstrong was born in Oklahoma. We also have "Nowhere" (tiny place at one of our lakes) and towns that were named by the various First Nations tribes who were forced here, that there's no pronouncing properly unless you grew up here.

  • @midnight_1937
    @midnight_1937 3 года назад +1

    Oklahoma is such a crazy place to live lol

  • @mathughsyoutubeworld2655
    @mathughsyoutubeworld2655 2 года назад +1

    The best part is some people consider Oklahoma Midwest.

  • @poppy7599
    @poppy7599 2 года назад +1

    As an Oklahoman, I’m shocked our hard to pronounce Native American didn’t make an appearance at all. Examples…
    Chickasha, Ninnekah, Tahlequah, Tishomingo, Eufaula, Pushmataha, Okemah, Muskogee, Checotah, Okmulgee. Just to name a few.

  • @pruzman
    @pruzman 3 года назад +1

    Oh! I can't wait for you to do one of these for Pennsylvania

  • @daltonriser1125
    @daltonriser1125 3 года назад +1

    Finally a real youtuber with a sponsorship

  • @viatorevanesco
    @viatorevanesco 3 года назад +1

    That’s the best sponsor’s plug I’ve ever seen!

  • @stevensutton3577
    @stevensutton3577 3 года назад +1

    Thank you for doing one about oklahoma!

  • @Dermatillomaniac
    @Dermatillomaniac 3 года назад

    Congrats on the Skillshare partnership! Ben deserves to blow up - ao clever!!

  • @MrClarissacain
    @MrClarissacain 2 года назад +1

    So im training a guy to take over my job, and part of it is data entry from traffic tickets. He calls me and says "i can't find the name of the municipality anywhere!" I know before I even look at the ticket; the village. Of course.
    Btw, we also have Pink, Brown, and Jet, and don't think we didn't notice you avoided the hard to pronounce towns.

  • @hopefulhyena3400
    @hopefulhyena3400 2 года назад

    I'm just glad we got any attention at all.

  • @RichBaxter73
    @RichBaxter73 3 года назад +1

    Good to see Ben selling out for in-video ads! Makes the viewer proud. They grow up so fast!

    • @nostalgiaprincess
      @nostalgiaprincess 3 года назад +1

      i have YT premium to avoid ads, but at least he made his funny. i skip through philip defranco’s sponsorships too.

    • @RichBaxter73
      @RichBaxter73 3 года назад

      @@_MythicalWolf I see sarcasm is lost on you huh? 😂😂

    • @RichBaxter73
      @RichBaxter73 3 года назад

      @@_MythicalWolf I get it! But nah I loved the mini sketch ad too and I understand that content creators deserve to get paid for their hard work. Sorry I'm from a family were talking smack to each other is showing love.

  • @Sewblon
    @Sewblon 2 года назад +1

    How is building a town on 1969 July 20th and naming it "moon" implying that we faked the moonlanding?

  • @lanephillips550
    @lanephillips550 3 года назад +1

    You forgot - Going Snake , Nowhere , IXL, Beaver, Pumpkin Center & Westville (which ironically is in the East on the boarder with Arkansas) you could of also ran with Broken Arrow and Broken Bow or Mounds & Liberty Mounds or even Eucha ,New Eucha & Old Eucha

  • @ItalyHastaLaPasta
    @ItalyHastaLaPasta 3 года назад +1

    Theres also have Beaver, Broken Bow, Broken Arrow, Nowhere, Miami (pronounces Miam-uh), Lake Tenkiller, and so many more lol

  • @Emilaria
    @Emilaria 3 года назад +1

    This might be a winner for the naming videos.

  • @willowgraphics
    @willowgraphics 3 года назад +1

    I live in the village. Lol so glad it made the video.

    • @rhodawatkins4516
      @rhodawatkins4516 3 года назад

      I hope it's not like Florida's The Villages.

    • @willowgraphics
      @willowgraphics 3 года назад

      @@rhodawatkins4516 god no. I mean yeah there are some old grumpy people here but no it’s not like Florida’s by any means

  • @amberwriker5237
    @amberwriker5237 3 года назад +2

    Can't wait for WV turn with this. Lol. Try to pronounce some of the names would be fun to see

  • @riverstyx7251
    @riverstyx7251 2 года назад +1

    You know what, I may be Texan but Oklahoma won my heart by naming an entire town Gay

  • @roserockred3535
    @roserockred3535 2 года назад +1

    Finally! My hometown gets recognition! Okay, Ok!

  • @shawncastro7451
    @shawncastro7451 3 года назад +3

    There are some obvious ones here in Oklahoma you could have had a lot of fun with Florida chiming in and some other stuff too like Miami pronounced Miama, the stolen capital story and more

  • @samuelfisher3733
    @samuelfisher3733 3 года назад +1

    There is a small town here in Oklahoma called I.X.L., and yes, you pronounce it as I X L. What's great is no one knows what it stands for anymore.

  • @rhodawatkins4516
    @rhodawatkins4516 3 года назад +1

    He didn't even get into all the long, hard to figure out native American town and county names, like Pottowatomie, Pushmataha, Muskogee, Okmulgee. There are plenty more. Was very surprised to see Ben do an Oklahoma video already though. Thanks, Ben.

  • @TJThibedau
    @TJThibedau 3 года назад +2

    Man if you ever get to New Hampshire, you’re just going to get a lot of city names that already exist somewhere in the world. Let’s see, we got Bethlehem, New London, Lebanon, I’m fairly certain we have a Dublin NH somewhere. We even have a town just straight up called Bath.

    • @FanofAlmostEvery
      @FanofAlmostEvery 3 года назад

      Georgia has a bunch of copies too: Alexandria, Bethlehem, Dallas, Athens, Rome, etc.

  • @Stanl3y_
    @Stanl3y_ 2 месяца назад +1

    0:50 in Oklahoma that’s the case
    It’s the most conservative state in the country

  • @SachiNighte
    @SachiNighte 3 года назад

    I adore the reference to “Who’s On First” XDDD

  • @Phoenix-in4ul
    @Phoenix-in4ul 3 года назад

    Best birthday gift yet💜

  • @brythkaltaris
    @brythkaltaris 2 года назад

    "Why'd you look at me when you said that" XD

  • @adelehawk3879
    @adelehawk3879 3 года назад +1

    You really need to do one for Pennsylvania. Our names here are messed up.
    Rough and ready
    Intercourse
    Blue ball
    Punxsutawney
    Bird-in-hand
    Noodle doosie
    Paradise
    Climax
    Hazard
    Those are just some. I would love to see the sketch.
    Keep it up!!

  • @codyjames52
    @codyjames52 3 года назад +3

    You should do this series for Michigan....we have Hell

  • @frankkeltch5260
    @frankkeltch5260 2 года назад

    As an okie you missed Frogville also but keep them coming. Your skits are funny

  • @timslack7568
    @timslack7568 3 года назад

    Midwest city being on the Eastern side of OKC is great bit of info

  • @ashisgod
    @ashisgod Год назад

    As soon as I heard Okay, Oklahoma I started laughing because of Welcome, Minnesota

  • @same7747
    @same7747 2 года назад

    There's also Stringtown, Box, Cement, Beaver, Love...

  • @FlyingBunnycorn
    @FlyingBunnycorn 2 года назад +1

    I...was not expecting "Hooker"... I had to pause the video, omg. Perfect timing.

  • @andienewman3790
    @andienewman3790 2 года назад +1

    I live in Oklahoma and I agree with this

  • @Taylor_5724
    @Taylor_5724 2 года назад +1

    god damn. even got a who's on first joke in there

  • @UnlicensedOkie
    @UnlicensedOkie 2 года назад

    How Slapout got its name: old man owned a roadside store. When somebody asked about something he didn’t have, he’d say he was “slap out of it”
    The name Slapout stuck

  • @Shishoushou
    @Shishoushou 3 года назад +1

    Even the add is good.

  • @OakleeF3
    @OakleeF3 3 года назад +2

    Guys we’re not southern or Midwest. We’re… MID SOUTHERN

    • @reuben8328
      @reuben8328 2 года назад +1

      Eh, Midwest and/or Southwest (or just… West) are much more reasonable than South imo, but I would say Midwest with some Southern influences. Linguistically, many sound similar to how they would in Kansas I think. Of course with the occasional “country” accent in the rural regions. But there are certainly Southern influences as well, like the SBC. But I think it would be annoying for any state to be misclassified.

  • @matbarnes9917
    @matbarnes9917 2 года назад

    was expecting Gore to be mentioned at the beginning, complete with lake Tenkiller

  • @mainefobfan
    @mainefobfan 3 года назад

    Maine just had a hunch of towns and cities an end after countries, like we have Poland, Mexico, China, Norway, Moscow, Paris and then we have towns like Moosehead, Caratunk, Bingham

  • @tylerlandry1669
    @tylerlandry1669 2 года назад

    the skillshare sponsorship is the best part

  • @Prideful_Joker
    @Prideful_Joker 3 года назад +1

    Being from Oklahoma it is funny

  • @fenixrises9854
    @fenixrises9854 3 года назад

    Best skillshare ad ever

  • @autistickid6972
    @autistickid6972 3 года назад +1

    As an Oklahoman I take no offense to this because are capital is Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, yes we are real original

  • @ChillinWithTheCapuchins
    @ChillinWithTheCapuchins 3 года назад

    Strange Planet... Nice!

  • @MotherOfDistruction
    @MotherOfDistruction 3 года назад

    I can't wait for the Wisconsin city names video.

    • @Mercerman77
      @Mercerman77 3 года назад

      Look up 'Scrabble-Consin'

  • @mizixy9624
    @mizixy9624 3 года назад +6

    But can Skillshare teach Florida how to read?!

    • @DM_22
      @DM_22 3 года назад

      Yes, it's in the video

    • @mizixy9624
      @mizixy9624 3 года назад

      @@DM_22 Yeah … I wrote and posted that right before he said it. I left it for the lols

    • @rhodawatkins4516
      @rhodawatkins4516 3 года назад +3

      Florida has to want to learn, so probably not.

  • @reuben8328
    @reuben8328 2 года назад +1

    There is basically no consensus on Oklahoma’s region, actually lol. Different government agencies will classify it differently. We’re not part of the traditional South (like Civil War), and I think most of us sound like we’re from the plains region of the Midwest (if not most, many). If you do a quick search of a cultural map or accent map of the U.S., it seems like OK has more in common with Kansas, Nebraska, and the far eastern portion of Colorado (with some shared elements from Texas and maybe a measure of southern influence, being a state where the border for the South ends). But all in all, I would say it’s difficult to categorize. I actually don’t think it nearly fits into any regional category, considering common cultural norms at least. Some say Southwest (again, look up the Southwest on Google images. You’ll see OK pop up sometimes), some Midwest, and some South. The U.S. census places us in the South, but that’s more just because of geographical boundaries I guess. I would be in favor of making a “Central” region or something with OK, Kansas, and Nebraska if we could do that, since it’s so hard to categorize.

    • @michaelmachiavelli
      @michaelmachiavelli Год назад

      The way I always describe it, we're either a "southern state with Midwest tendencies" or we're a "Midwest state with with southern manners"
      Both work.
      Oklahoma is just a big melting pot anyway. So many regions of the country connect to us and we're a main crossroads going north and south, AND east and west. Add in some deep native American roots and we're just kinda unique like that.

  • @Shaun7186
    @Shaun7186 3 года назад

    U forgot about about some cities called Nowhere and IXL. I was surprised you put Cookietown on this video because I live 10 miles away from there in Walters.

  • @galaxy3620
    @galaxy3620 3 года назад

    Congrats on the sponsorship

  • @timothysysko
    @timothysysko 3 года назад

    Michigan has some fun names. A few are native american names and other places have two spellings for the same place. There’s also a Hell and Paradise in the same state as well as Soo Sault Marie which is one of the oldest settlements in the US

  • @panterabready
    @panterabready 2 года назад

    theres a town named gore, ok with a cemetery called vore cemetery. went through it while going from tulsa, ok to fort smith, ar

  • @kendallsquire6159
    @kendallsquire6159 2 года назад

    Okay,OK such a great little small town

  • @lunafox9950
    @lunafox9950 3 года назад

    Lol it’s so totally awesome I would love to see NY TX MA NE MASS or even LOUIE name their villages 😁

  • @makennacornwall3288
    @makennacornwall3288 3 года назад +1

    I can't wait for George, Washington.

  • @Random_Potterhead_42
    @Random_Potterhead_42 2 года назад

    The accent is spot on
    So is the personality

  • @michellelamar8965
    @michellelamar8965 2 года назад

    Looking foreword to Arkansas!! I lived near Blytheville Arkansas, in a little piece of nowhere calked Armorel. Not weird enough? I swear to God nearby were places, probably barely qualifying for a post office, calked
    1) Hickman
    2) Huffman
    3) No.9 (yup)
    4) Tomato

  • @skittlechick99
    @skittlechick99 3 года назад

    I was waiting for a Miami, Oklahoma being pronounced Miam-a joke 😂

  • @jasons7461
    @jasons7461 3 года назад

    12 seconds in and bam.... rolf 🤣

  • @ryanwolf2963
    @ryanwolf2963 3 года назад +2

    As a person who lives in Oklahoma, they missed some greats like Vici or Miami, they are not pronounced the way they look.....

  • @the-god-of-fun
    @the-god-of-fun Год назад

    I used to live in a town in ok called Cushing like the disease