That's because you're a native. It would be logical to assume natives would know how to pronounce their own cities. Much like you probably wouldn't be able to pronounce cities of other states but those native to the state would. :) I've lived here in Madison for about 5 years now, and even I, a native Californian, had difficulty pronouncing some of them. Just like a good portion of people pronounce San Joaquin, "San Joe Quinn" or Yosemite, "Yo seh mite."
@@jonathanhull5793 If only you knew how opposite Waukesha was to that you'd be laughing up a storm... To put it bluntly it's the conservative (/racist) capitol of Wisconsin.
I'm in California. I tired pronouncing these: oh-KAH-nuh-muh-wahk kuh-KAH-nuh way-yuh-WEE-guh wah-KEE-shuh ash-WAH-ben-nen men-NAH-men-nee muk-WAH-nuh-go min-NAH-kwah wah-wah-TOE-suh man-ni-TOE-wahk WAH-nuh-kee How did I do?
***** : Hah. Visited with big sis the past couple of weekends who relocated to Kewaunee 2 years ago. I'm selling my house in sinking shithole Milwaukee and am looking to move around there. Retired from MPD and have had enough.
***** : MKE is a frikken cool old town. Awesome fests on the Lakefront from early June till September. Very reasonable parking, plus MCTS has shuttles going from Park N Ride lots off 94. $5 round trip right up from the Park N Rides right up to the fest gates. My friends and I have been using the Park N Rides for the past 10+ years for State Fair. Ah well. I'm poor, so that's all I know. I love being outside and having fun with others at ethnic fests. There are plenty of other fairs all over SE WI, but the Lakefront is a good place to start. I've made connections and friends with the local ethnic organizations thru the fests. We pretty much just meet once a year at the fests, but it's still fun.
The most annoying is when people from Racine (a large town south of Milwaukee) pronounce it "race-ine", when everyone else says "ruh-cine". Milwaukeans know what I'm talking about
haha. Im from racine (i pronounce it rucine) and lived in Milwaukee a decade. one thing you notice when you move to milwaukee is natives call it "miwaukee" or "muwaukee" they dont use the L.
@@icy6608 Some are Swiss too, but yea majority native , however fun fact Milwaukee wasn't spelt like that originally. We just fucked up the spelling because we suck lol
I'm from Waupaca (born in Weyauwega though!) A few years ago i went on a trip with a group to Washington D.C. Our bus had groups from California and Kansas as well. Calling drinking fountains bubblers was second nature, so the other kids always got confused. We Wisconsinites decided the cold, refreshing fountains would be called bubblers, and the vast majority of warm, nasty water would be called water fountains. It's amazing how much fun you can have just by talking to people who have a different accent.
Texans, don't feel to bad. I live in Minnesota which means that I'm right next door to Wisconsin. Even I have trouble pronouncing Wisconsin city names.
I never heard of them but I aced them. I watch the video on mute the first time for that exact reason :D But i'm from Wisconsin so maybe I've heard similar stuff in my life
i guess its regional. When i hear spanish names i can usually say them right, but this is because im a texan and im surrounded by spanish culture and mexican culture
Ok, I'm a girl and I live in Sun Prairie in Wisconsin so I found this hilarious I was like NOOOO U SAY IY WRONG haha it's so funny I really wanted to hear Millwalkee (I may have spelled that wrong sorry) and hear them say the l's instead of silencing them haha I guess our cities are hard to pronounce! Ha but mine is kinda easy (Sun Prairie) but I LOVE my state and city
***** "I'm not sure if you are trying to call Texans dumb but if you are that's not a battle you should chose because most of us Texans will not hesitate to prove you wrong." --Says the guy who just spelled "choose" wrong.
About 10 years ago, I cashed a nice wager at Churchill Downs betting on a horse named MENASHA. I didn’t know it was named after a city in northern Wisconsin until about a year ago. Wisconsin is such a beautiful state, with just about the nicest people you will find. Well, just a few weeks ago, I noticed that Menasha the horse had a 2yo daughter running at Churchill. Needless to say, I had to make a bet...and the horse ran a huge 2nd at big odds of 90-1, and I cashed a nice PLACE bet. Yep, Menasha is a nice PLACE indeed.
I was born in Shawano and have always gotten a kick out of the way folks pronounce it if they aren't local. Great place to be from (except for late winter). I'm proud to be from Wisgonsin (sic). Accent on the "Bay" in Green Bay, too. Sportscasters still get it wrong. They used to put the accent on "Green" to distinguish the "Bay" cities in the old NFL Central Division. It was GREEN Bay as opposed to TAMPA Bay. Cheeseheads say Green BAY to distinguish it from Greenfield, Green Lake and Greenwood.
The one thing that kills me is that there are several different ways, all acceptable ways, to spell Menomonee ...Menominee, Menomonie, Menominie. I think the best way to remember which spelling to use is depending Where You Are or how you're using it. Menomonee Falls, the town of Menomonie and there are numerous streets named Menomonee as well as a few rivers with the name Menomonee and I've seen those spelled various ways as well as the street names depending on what city the street is located in. Crazy, right?
I love when GPS pronounces the city names wrong. Like, okay: If you type in a Shawano address (prn Shaw-no) the GPS voice will say some shit like: 75 miles to sha-WAY-no, WI. I find an odd pleasure in watching people/technology trying to scramble to pronounce and/or spell city and landmark names.
+Oliver Clark The country I live in, the word for "road" is "ulica". It's pronounced "OOO-leet-sah", but the GPS is like "turn right on [whatever] uh-LICK-uh". I laugh every time.
Wait what? No all of those "correct" pronunciations were correct. I've lived in Wisconsin my whole life, I was literally born and raised here and am still here to this day. The correct pronunciations were definitely correct.
If that saddens you then you must have a miserable life. Who cares if they can pronounce Wisconsin cities? They are not from Wisconsin. Knowing how to pronounce Wisconsin cities isn't required to be a Packers fan. In fact, it has absolutely nothing to do with football period. And yes, technically they play in Ashwaubenon. Literally across the street from Green Bay. But most consider Ashwaubenon to be a subdivision of Green Bay anyway so I would say that statement was overly technical...
This cracked me up..I grew up in Wisconsin for 18 years and we have some funny named places to live for example i grew up in Sheboygan. I just got a kick out of this. Who ever did this thanks and you should make more there are plenty of other names from Wisconsin you can use.
haha. I'm a wisconsinite living in texas and whenever I mention cities from back home people always give me a weird look and ask me to repeat a couple times.
XD they probably can't even pronounce Wisconsin right. Everyone around where I live now can't. Literally, even when I help people they pronounce it so wrong. I have given up now.
Why is that woman's mouth crooked? No wonder she can't say the names right! The names aren't THAT hard. I'm guessing they picked plenty of people who pronounced them fine, and edited to only include the worst.
loL, why can't the English speakers just read it instead of guessing? English is so primitive compared to normal languages which are actually written the same way they're read...
Southeastern Wisconsin has some of the strangest city names. I have a friend who lives in Mukwonago, a small suburb outside of Waukesha. It is surrounded by its neighboring cities of Milwaukee, Muskego, Oconomowoc, Tichigan, Pewaukee, and Menominee Falls. Also, my Wisconsinite friend has some family in the city of Fond du Lac, WI.
Mukwonago is my favorite place on earth. The Elegant Farmer taught me there may be things I won’t do for a Klondike Bar, I’d do some sketchy shit for that apple pie.
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Being a Wisconsin native I never realized that these were so hard to pronounce
I know. It comes so naturally for us yet they cant say any of them 😂
IKR
That's because you're a native. It would be logical to assume natives would know how to pronounce their own cities. Much like you probably wouldn't be able to pronounce cities of other states but those native to the state would. :) I've lived here in Madison for about 5 years now, and even I, a native Californian, had difficulty pronouncing some of them. Just like a good portion of people pronounce San Joaquin, "San Joe Quinn" or Yosemite, "Yo seh mite."
Dylan Strese same
T R I guarantee you wouldn't pronounce Chalybeate, KY correctly. (Its Klee-bit)
only real a Wisconsin native can pronounce these places right
+Sloane Morris I live in chicago.... got them all right
Im from Minnesota and I got them all right. It's just southerners who can't say it.
Spastic Fangirl I can't pronounce southern town names at all. Like Hanahan SC.... what kind of a name is Hanahan?
Dmoneyblanco hello there doogal
Ikr
"Wakeesha" I'm dying.
Nekosmith yo waukeesha fetch my weave
jonathan hull sounds like a black girls name!
Nekosmith ikr I live there and I never realized it was so hard to pronounce
Me tooo! I lived there from the time I was 1
@@jonathanhull5793 If only you knew how opposite Waukesha was to that you'd be laughing up a storm... To put it bluntly it's the conservative (/racist) capitol of Wisconsin.
I'm from Wisconsin, and yes, half of our cities have American Indian names. The other half is split between French and Anglo/Germanic.
Native Americans.
And then there's places like Green Bay and Appleton. Where do these names even come from?
My home town has a Indian name.
Vell G American Indians is fine too
Pyreleaf what about green bay?
Hey, do you know if WAKEESHA is coming to the party?
Lol idk
My girl WAKEESA is RACHIT
HAHAHAHA
😂😂😂😂😂
Or no?
I'm from Wisconsin and laughed my ass off.
Same bro! But I live in Iowa because of family issues, but I love when people try to pronounce WI names.
YES ME TOO
Yessss
Same
Only a real true citizen from Wisconsin can pronounce the cities names 😂😂
yea
LpsTinker u I can say all of them correctly well I'm from Wisconsin
Or a Minnesotan...lol... We travel there enough...
I'm in California. I tired pronouncing these:
oh-KAH-nuh-muh-wahk
kuh-KAH-nuh
way-yuh-WEE-guh
wah-KEE-shuh
ash-WAH-ben-nen
men-NAH-men-nee
muk-WAH-nuh-go
min-NAH-kwah
wah-wah-TOE-suh
man-ni-TOE-wahk
WAH-nuh-kee
How did I do?
I can
They've just alaays come naturally to me. Gotta love Wisconsin
yeah they named some towns i dont even know but I knew how to pronounce them. idk why the "wau" throws them off so bad lol.
living in Wisconsin this is hilarious
Broseph Lupow ikr!
Ikr
Same
That dude with the face paint was soooo high
hearing people try to say "kaukauna"
I cried from laughter and I live there lmfao
+Lilydressa the Cat : Your tears just add more flavor to those cheese spreads.
I can bike to kaukauna in about 15 20 minutes
***** : Hah. Visited with big sis the past couple of weekends who relocated to Kewaunee 2 years ago. I'm selling my house in sinking shithole Milwaukee and am looking to move around there. Retired from MPD and have had enough.
***** : MKE is a frikken cool old town. Awesome fests on the Lakefront from early June till September. Very reasonable parking, plus MCTS has shuttles going from Park N Ride lots off 94. $5 round trip right up from the Park N Rides right up to the fest gates. My friends and I have been using the Park N Rides for the past 10+ years for State Fair.
Ah well. I'm poor, so that's all I know. I love being outside and having fun with others at ethnic fests. There are plenty of other fairs all over SE WI, but the Lakefront is a good place to start. I've made connections and friends with the local ethnic organizations thru the fests. We pretty much just meet once a year at the fests, but it's still fun.
***** : Try frozen custard from Leon's. Also, State Fair is wonderful for the all the weird food. Still, my favorite is the baked WI potato.
This makes me cry, I've lived here for my whole life and I can say Wauwatosa, Waukesha, Milwaukee any time of the day!
MacroBurst lol im from texas, and I tried to pronounce the city names but could never get it
MacroBurst Same
Wauwatosa is my place
they should do Alabama. we have a lot of Indian names too. Cheaha, Sylacauga, Weogufka, widower etc
But can you say Schoepke
lol. i'm from Wisconsin and sometimes I have trouble saying towns names lol.
i am to good point but this is just funny right
And trouble taking selfies witcho goofass
The most annoying is when people from Racine (a large town south of Milwaukee) pronounce it "race-ine", when everyone else says "ruh-cine". Milwaukeans know what I'm talking about
damn right.
+Cullen Huggard It's rahscene
for sure. just like Milwaukee is pronounced Muhwaukee or Mawaukee. I never hear a native pronounce the Mil.
Thomas Tronstad ..I do, but that's just me from North Central Wisconsin so...
haha. Im from racine (i pronounce it rucine) and lived in Milwaukee a decade. one thing you notice when you move to milwaukee is natives call it "miwaukee" or "muwaukee" they dont use the L.
Ask them what a bubbler is. Lol
Water/drinking fountain
Dominick Carbonara *water fountain
Ask them what a time machine is😂😂😂
Only a Wisconsin native can pronounce these names
Lived in Wisconsin for nearly 16 years and Texas for about 2.5. This is funny.
I'm from Texas and I moved to Madison. I LOVE IT HERE. 4 seasons (5 if including road construction.)
We used to say Wisconsin had two seasons. Winter, and 4th of July
Yessir we got four seasons. Freezing, Humid, Construction Hell, and Football
Ahh man, I was so hoping they would've included Chequamegon
sheboygan
+juukame Not all Texans struggle with this.
Lol either that or Eau Claire
They should've added Barneveld
What kind of Spanish is the and I live in Wisconsin
Arent like all the names from Native Americans i think that what my teacher said
The Random Vlog most are, some are French/German.
@@icy6608 Some are Swiss too, but yea majority native , however fun fact Milwaukee wasn't spelt like that originally. We just fucked up the spelling because we suck lol
Rose yup!
Wisconsin and proud :)
I'm from Wisconsin!!!
Same :)
Friendship Wisconsin
I'm in Greenfield (Right outside Milwaukee)
Delta's Adventures Madison
Appleton :)
I've lived in WI my whole 15 years of my life... never knew these were so hard to pronounce!!
Where's MOSINEE!? That's where im at right now dar hey!
I dated a girl from Mosinee. Susan Sitko...ever heard of her?
Mario Bruno I know some Sitkos like Pam, Daniel, Jamie and Julie.
Mario Bruno Cruzinon22s Kiss her where it stinks....Mosinee
A True Wisconsinite lol That's the smell of money my dad and relation work at the mill trust me!
+Cruzinon22s Oh I am well aware. I work at the paper mill in Tomahawk.
I'm from Waupaca (born in Weyauwega though!) A few years ago i went on a trip with a group to Washington D.C. Our bus had groups from California and Kansas as well. Calling drinking fountains bubblers was second nature, so the other kids always got confused. We Wisconsinites decided the cold, refreshing fountains would be called bubblers, and the vast majority of warm, nasty water would be called water fountains.
It's amazing how much fun you can have just by talking to people who have a different accent.
Texans, don't feel to bad. I live in Minnesota which means that I'm right next door to Wisconsin. Even I have trouble pronouncing Wisconsin city names.
As a Wisconsinite living in South Carolina I find this absolutely hysterical! I am from Mukwonago myself :)
From Mukwonago as well :)
This made my day. My science teacher always got mad at us for purposfully saying "Waukeesha" instead of Waukesha. lol
I live in oconomowoc I died twice
Which one oconomowoc or waukesha
Being a Wisconsinite myself, this video never gets old :)
They should have had them say Butt Des Mortes... LMAO!
THATS NEAR WAUPACA
Dɪʀᴇᴄᴛᴏɴᴇʀ. Leanna not really... its a lake.. Lake Butt Des Mortes and little lake Butt Des Mortes
Lol that would be hilarious (lake- Beu-da-more)
i wish you did chippewa falls or eau claire. eau claire is the best cuz ppl say u claire.
I still botch Eau Claire. I always want to say awe instead of o Claire.
"they've got too many letters in there"
Okay, lady...
As a Texan in Wisconsin, this is verified. i said almost all the same shit
It took me a few years.
In all fairness i highly doubt too many people would know how to pronounce these names if they haven't heard of them before
I never heard of them but I aced them. I watch the video on mute the first time for that exact reason :D But i'm from Wisconsin so maybe I've heard similar stuff in my life
i guess its regional. When i hear spanish names i can usually say them right, but this is because im a texan and im surrounded by spanish culture and mexican culture
Amanda Slaughter same
Eau claire der eh
Ok, I'm a girl and I live in Sun Prairie in Wisconsin so I found this hilarious I was like NOOOO U SAY IY WRONG haha it's so funny I really wanted to hear Millwalkee (I may have spelled that wrong sorry) and hear them say the l's instead of silencing them haha I guess our cities are hard to pronounce! Ha but mine is kinda easy (Sun Prairie) but I LOVE my state and city
Michael Stockland yeah, it’s spelled Milwaukee. Live there, just helping out. Wisconsinites unite!
Having lived in Wisconsin for 14 years...watching this is hysterical! I'm 21 and my parents and I moved to gorges two years ago.
Texans have trouble reading, nothing new here...
***** "I'm not sure if you are trying to call Texans dumb but if you are that's not a battle you should chose because most of us Texans will not hesitate to prove you wrong."
--Says the guy who just spelled "choose" wrong.
Why are These so easy to say. Oh wait probably cuz I love there!
Emma Vlogs same
I died at "kaka".
I would live to hear them try Chequamagon!
I love it!!! I live in Kaukauna and my fiance is from Houston. This video is no lie. I live it everyday.
i’ve literally lived in wisco like all my life, and i never thought that these where so hard to pronounce 😂
I was born in oconomowoc! :)
About 10 years ago, I cashed a nice wager at Churchill Downs betting on a horse named MENASHA. I didn’t know it was named after a city in northern Wisconsin until about a year ago. Wisconsin is such a beautiful state, with just about the nicest people you will find.
Well, just a few weeks ago, I noticed that Menasha the horse had a 2yo daughter running at Churchill. Needless to say, I had to make a bet...and the horse ran a huge 2nd at big odds of 90-1, and I cashed a nice PLACE bet. Yep, Menasha is a nice PLACE indeed.
P51mustang19 No. Not at all. I had planned to edit in everybody's correct answers at the end. But nobody got em right!
😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I was born in Shawano and have always gotten a kick out of the way folks pronounce it if they aren't local. Great place to be from (except for late winter). I'm proud to be from Wisgonsin (sic). Accent on the "Bay" in Green Bay, too. Sportscasters still get it wrong. They used to put the accent on "Green" to distinguish the "Bay" cities in the old NFL Central Division. It was GREEN Bay as opposed to TAMPA Bay. Cheeseheads say Green BAY to distinguish it from Greenfield, Green Lake and Greenwood.
Meanwhile in WI I'm geeking out at this. I didn't think it was THAT hard for other people to pronounce them...
The one thing that kills me is that there are several different ways, all acceptable ways, to spell Menomonee ...Menominee, Menomonie, Menominie.
I think the best way to remember which spelling to use is depending Where You Are or how you're using it. Menomonee Falls, the town of Menomonie and there are numerous streets named Menomonee as well as a few rivers with the name Menomonee and I've seen those spelled various ways as well as the street names depending on what city the street is located in. Crazy, right?
This is funny! I'm from Wisconsin!
Ahhhhh those crazy sothern people lol we people up nort get a kick out of this stuf
Wtf is this? they are putting random vowels in the words.
***** lol
I love when GPS pronounces the city names wrong. Like, okay:
If you type in a Shawano address (prn Shaw-no) the
GPS voice will say some shit like: 75 miles to sha-WAY-no, WI.
I find an odd pleasure in watching people/technology trying to scramble to pronounce and/or spell city and landmark names.
+Oliver Clark Try using it in another country. It's HILARIOUS. :D
+Oliver Clark The country I live in, the word for "road" is "ulica". It's pronounced "OOO-leet-sah", but the GPS is like "turn right on [whatever] uh-LICK-uh". I laugh every time.
I cried this was so funny. Wisconsinite here
I say the names better when I'm drunk....
I could literally pronounce all these cities when when I was 3 omg
Waukesha baby! Who are these Packer fans who can't pronounce Wisconsin cities??? Shameful! LOL
OH MY GOSH. I'm from Wisconsin and the hole video was wrong. like the person saying it before the people actually attempt to say it says it wrong.
Wait what? No all of those "correct" pronunciations were correct. I've lived in Wisconsin my whole life, I was literally born and raised here and am still here to this day. The correct pronunciations were definitely correct.
Please use the correct form of “whole” next time. : )
If that saddens you then you must have a miserable life. Who cares if they can pronounce Wisconsin cities? They are not from Wisconsin. Knowing how to pronounce Wisconsin cities isn't required to be a Packers fan. In fact, it has absolutely nothing to do with football period. And yes, technically they play in Ashwaubenon. Literally across the street from Green Bay. But most consider Ashwaubenon to be a subdivision of Green Bay anyway so I would say that statement was overly technical...
Kakawawa!
StarWarsTrains i like star wars, and I like trains. YOUR AWESOME!!!
derp brickz LOL
What about kinnickinnic? Or Ashwaubenon?
Kinnickinnic is just fun to say :)
What about Racine!
Ray-Seen.
EYYYYY!!! Represent! Racine right here!
RAT-SCENE
or Wausau
or shawano
This cracked me up..I grew up in Wisconsin for 18 years and we have some funny named places to live for example i grew up in Sheboygan. I just got a kick out of this. Who ever did this thanks and you should make more there are plenty of other names from Wisconsin you can use.
haha. I'm a wisconsinite living in texas and whenever I mention cities from back home people always give me a weird look and ask me to repeat a couple times.
XD they probably can't even pronounce Wisconsin right. Everyone around where I live now can't. Literally, even when I help people they pronounce it so wrong. I have given up now.
1:17 SHE DIDN'T EVEN TRY! LMFAO
Haha, no one can pronounce Oconomowoc! XD Lived there my whole life!
Why is that woman's mouth crooked? No wonder she can't say the names right!
The names aren't THAT hard. I'm guessing they picked plenty of people who pronounced them fine, and edited to only include the worst.
If we have such a hard time with english how is it that most if not all tv news anchors come to Wisconsin to learn how to talk like us?
I've lived in Wisconsin my whole life, and I've never been to those towns...but I still know how to pronounce them.
loL, why can't the English speakers just read it instead of guessing? English is so primitive compared to normal languages which are actually written the same way they're read...
AYYYY I LIVE IN MUKWONAGO
What about Pewaukee? Or Chenequa? Or Nashota? Or Okauchee?
OMG this was hilarious LOL I'm from Wisconsin and I know all those places.
Classic. I am from WI & I love hearing the crazy pronunciations people come up with.
I've lived in Wisconsin my whole life and and had no idea these were hard to pronounce.
OMG This is the best video on RUclips!!!!! Amazing!
I love watching people die a little inside as they try to pronounce the names of our cities
I grew up in New England so a lot of these types of names here.
As a born and breed Wisconsinite this is hilarious yes we have lots of Native American cities.
Most words that are longer than 6 letters are a problem for most texans.
Bro I'm from Waukesha and it's not that hard 😭😂
Southeastern Wisconsin has some of the strangest city names. I have a friend who lives in Mukwonago, a small suburb outside of Waukesha. It is surrounded by its neighboring cities of Milwaukee, Muskego, Oconomowoc, Tichigan, Pewaukee, and Menominee Falls. Also, my Wisconsinite friend has some family in the city of Fond du Lac, WI.
Mukwonago is my favorite place on earth. The Elegant Farmer taught me there may be things I won’t do for a Klondike Bar, I’d do some sketchy shit for that apple pie.
Eau Claire would have been a good one. I was in Tennessee and I know a woman who pronounced it U Claire ... and I'm like ... whaaaaa ... LOL
its E-claire
This was so funny !!! I'm from California, so I wouldn't have done any better.lol
@TheDoomSower lmao like waukesha you got me laughing over here
I'm from Texas and this is funny as hell. Loved it!
where do yall pull those names out of? native american origin perhaps?
Yes most are Native American, or are derived from Native American language.
Omg i live in Wauwatosa :D! -forever alone-
I’m from Ashwaubenon
Actually it means "Everyone here is ghostly white".
I live in Wisconsin and its funny
Those damn natives. Go Wisconsin!
Waukesha is Indian for "you will get lost driving through town"!
LOL he's not kidding!
*Laughs in Wisconsin*
What bout Pewaukee
This is hilarious.
I was yelling at my screen I can't believe these kids can't say shit
My city is first!
rio... new berlin... fond du lac.... prairie du chien... mazomanie... paoli... eau claire... koshkonong... etc. hee hee hee.
WauKEESHA 😂 Muckawonagee 😂 😂 OKONOMINOWAUK 😂 😂 😂 I never realized these were so hard to pronounce