Tell Us: How Do You Pronounce These Dallas Street Names?
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1) Routh St.
Named for a family of settlers interned in Richardson, this street cuts through the State Thomas area of Uptown.
2) Llano Ave.
You’ll find this street in the Lower Greenville/M Streets area sandwiched between Vickery Blvd. and Velasco Ave.
3) Bexar St.
It’s the same name as the county in which San Antonio resides.
4) Cadiz St.
This street starts in the Deep Ellum/Farmers Market area and runs over Interstate 30 into the Cedars.
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1) Ruth
2) Lan (rhymes with can)-oh
3) Bare (FYI Waco is in McLennan County; San Antonio is in Bexar)
4) Cuh-deez
Not sure if those are right! I know in Spanish 2) is supposed to be Yawn-oh, but I figure it’s like Celina or El Dorado, TX and the names have been gringo-Ford.
Good questions.
That’s gringo-FIED (autocorrect!)
Love your website. and read it daily I am a local for the past 49 years, so of course I know how to pronounce all of these correctly. I also know that Bexar (pronounced “Bear” is actually the county in which you will find San Antonio. Waco is in McLennan County.
We corrected it! Thank you! The heat must be getting to us!
“Ruth”
“LAHN-oh”
“BAY-r”
“KAY-diz”
When we first moved to Dallas, I called Waco “whacko”.
Were you aware that the name WACO,,, is an indian word and it means A Depressed Area,,,, and WACO is in an area that is lower than its surrounding areas,,,,,
How about “Grauwyler” in Irving? We once used that as a test to see how long someone had lived in Irving. And BTW, we still call it “whack-oh”!
Grauwyler! Gar-wheeler for the old-timers, Grah-wiler for everyone else.
As for the ones above…
1. Ruth
2. Yawno
3. Bay-ar
4. Kay-dis
GRAUWYLER,,,, Tv traffic guys call it GRAW WYLER,,,,, I came here in 1958 and all the residents called it
GAR WE LA
What about Meaders or Stefani in Preston Hollow. They seem to be pronounced deferently by people who actually live on those streets! Medders or Meeders? And Stefani seems to get the emphasis on the first or second syllable. Anyone?
I have a good friend who lives on Stefani and she pronounces it like the girl’s name – Stephanie.
I go with Med Ers
Love it!
1. Rowth
2. Like Lando
3. Bear
4. Ca-diz
Um like lando? If that’s how you’re saying is completely incorrect I’m a little confused at what you’re trying to say there. It’s pronunciation is yano, not lando.
When I was growing up in San Antonio (“San Antone”), shortly after the Battle of the Alamo, many Spanish names were gringo-fied. “Bexar County” was pronounced “Bear County”. “San Pedro” was pronounced “San Peh-dro.” Then I moved to North Texas and encountered “Mexia” and “Waxahachie.” If there is a way to mangle a name, we will find it.
The battle of the Alamo was in 1836 – how were you in San Antonio right after that? ;P
He means the streets were named after the Alamo… none of us were alive then!
Haha. Placement of commas can really change the meaning of the sentence. I thought it was a joke about being really really old.
Ruth, Lawno, Near, Cadeez
Bear, I meant. Auto correct stinks!
1. pronounced Ruth.
2. pronounced Lano
3. pronounced Bayer
4 pronounced K diz
1. Ruth
2. Lan (rhymes with can) O
3. Bear
4. Kay diz
Another 2 exits on Central Expressway are controversial, too:
A. Monticello (most seem to say it with an “s” sound, but some Jefferson fans insist on a “ch” sound)
B. McCommas (most pronounce the o with a “oh”, but the family it was named after pronounces it “ah”)
Guys — if you do know your Spanish — then you know that the “X” is pronounced as a “Y.”
So – it’s Bay-r — not BEAR. BEXAR countyr has no bears in it! Kenton was right.
Yes, Llano shoud be pronounce LANO — if we say the English: like Lloyds of London. The native folk around Llano say ‘lan-0. If said in spanish it would be yawn-o. But – in MEXIA they say Meh-hay-a, the Spanish. So none are cut and dried. You have to pay attention to the local residents.
But, I can live with those. It’s the Harry Hines (Dallas polititian on some state board) and Irvin Simmons – a residential street! Mercy I’m glad I don’t live there!
In Mesquite – and, I’m NOT making this up, there is both GROSS and GRUBB streets. And, they intersect. And – yes there are home at the corner of Gross and Grubb!! Talk abut a RE challenge!
1) Ruth
2) Lan – o (Lan like fan, then long o)
3) Bare
4) Kay diz (long a)
3) on Bare – that’s long a, like bay – r
Pronunciations”
ROUTH = RUTH
LLANO = LAN OH
BEXAR = BAY ER
CADIZ = KAY DEES
Bexar County is pronounced like Beyer aspirin by natives. In Spanish it is Bay Har with accent on 2nd syllable because X and J are sometimes interchanged… like Tejas Texas,, so it was for a long time Bejar, but it gets angolized in the Texas mumble.. the 2nd syllable is swallowed. If you hear Bear or Bare, you know they are transplants.