How to pronounce “Sligo”

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I grew up in that area and it was always pronounced Sly-go.

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I grew up with dimes folks named Beech um. Real shocker when I found out it was Beauchamp.

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Anonymous wrote:I grew up in Silver Spring and we always referred it as Slee-go. The people who are saying Slygo must be from Virginia or somewhere else

The school is pronounced Sly-go. No one at the school says Slee-go.

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Anonymous wrote:I grew up in Silver Spring and we always referred it as Slee-go. The people who are saying Slygo must be from Virginia or somewhere else

The school is pronounced Sly-go. No one at the school says Slee-go.

+1. My kids attended the French immersion program at Sligo ES. All the parents from the surrounding neighborhoods pronounced it Sly-go. The only people saying Slee-go were the kids in the immersion program when they were, you know, speaking a language other than English.

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Anonymous wrote:This always drives me nuts about Fauquier County, VA. But we are forced to pronounce it the way they do.

How do you think Fauquier is supposed to be pronounced?

Fo-kee-ay. The proper French pronunciation. Not Faw-keer, like a hick. The residence hall at William and Mary uses the proper pronunciation.

Incorrect. Fauquier was English, not French. He was a colonial governor, which is why that dorm is named after him.

I am old. I lived in the Botetourt Complex in the early 80s. People asked about the different pronunciation. And the story told to us was that they had been pronouncing it “Faw-keer” until some young male college students started answering the phones “F**k here.” So the school decided to change the pronunciation of the dorm name to avoid that.

Actually his Dad was French. “ Fauquier was born in England. His father, Dr. John Francis Fauquier, a French Huguenot born in Clairac, Lot-&-Garonne France, relocated to Britain where he worked as a financial agent and deputy master of the mint, where he worked under Sir Isaac Newton. “

Yes. So? You think people didn’t anglicize their names when they emigrated? And you think that perhaps people in Williamsburg didn’t know the actual pronunciations used by the colonial governors? They had to change the usual pronunciation of Fauquier not because it was wrong but because it had been turned into an obscenity. Pretty common knowledge around campus.

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Anonymous wrote:I grew up in Silver Spring and we always referred it as Slee-go. The people who are saying Slygo must be from Virginia or somewhere else

Same. We say Slee-Go.

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Anonymous wrote:I grew up in Silver Spring and we always referred it as Slee-go. The people who are saying Slygo must be from Virginia or somewhere else

Same. We say Slee-Go.

I’ve lived in Takoma Park for 25 years and I’ve NEVER heard Slee-go. You guys must be winding people up.

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Anonymous wrote:This always drives me nuts about Fauquier County, VA. But we are forced to pronounce it the way they do.

How do you think Fauquier is supposed to be pronounced?

Fo-kee-ay. The proper French pronunciation. Not Faw-keer, like a hick. The residence hall at William and Mary uses the proper pronunciation.

Incorrect. Fauquier was English, not French. He was a colonial governor, which is why that dorm is named after him.

I am old. I lived in the Botetourt Complex in the early 80s. People asked about the different pronunciation. And the story told to us was that they had been pronouncing it “Faw-keer” until some young male college students started answering the phones “F**k here.” So the school decided to change the pronunciation of the dorm name to avoid that.

Actually his Dad was French. “ Fauquier was born in England. His father, Dr. John Francis Fauquier, a French Huguenot born in Clairac, Lot-&-Garonne France, relocated to Britain where he worked as a financial agent and deputy master of the mint, where he worked under Sir Isaac Newton. “

Yes. So? You think people didn’t anglicize their names when they emigrated? And you think that perhaps people in Williamsburg didn’t know the actual pronunciations used by the colonial governors? They had to change the usual pronunciation of Fauquier not because it was wrong but because it had been turned into an obscenity. Pretty common knowledge around campus.

No. You got taken for a ride.

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I was born and grew up in MoCo and it's Sly-go. Saying Slee-go would instantly mark you as an out-of-towner or transplant, just like saying "the" 495.

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Anonymous wrote:I was born and grew up in MoCo and it's Sly-go. Saying Slee-go would instantly mark you as an out-of-towner or transplant, just like saying "the" 495.

That’s just completely incorrect. Everyone calls it Sleego.

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Anonymous wrote:(OP, the slee-go people are literally just trolling you. Absolutely no one anywhere pronounces it that way. Confirm by finding any YT video produced locally that might mention it.)

What? I say Slee-go. The world is bigger than you. How about that?!?!

Just because you say it that way doesn’t mean it’s right.

Right. I pronounce the town of Bowie differently than I pronounce David Bowie’s name.

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Anonymous wrote:I was born and grew up in MoCo and it's Sly-go. Saying Slee-go would instantly mark you as an out-of-towner or transplant, just like saying "the" 495.

That’s just completely incorrect. Everyone calls it Sleego.

Here’s a link to a site which has a video. The principal at Sligo Creek says: Slygo.
So does a news reporter in the second link.
To those insisting on an alternate — incorrect — pronunciation, show your data.


https://www2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/sligocreekes/news-index/5th-grade-farewell/


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jadZgc6Q2w

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Anonymous wrote:(OP, the slee-go people are literally just trolling you. Absolutely no one anywhere pronounces it that way. Confirm by finding any YT video produced locally that might mention it.)

What? I say Slee-go. The world is bigger than you. How about that?!?!

Just because you say it that way doesn’t mean it’s right.

Right. I pronounce the town of Bowie differently than I pronounce David Bowie’s name.

Wait! What? I thought the town was named after him? Like Chevy Chase.

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Anonymous wrote:I grew up in Silver Spring and we always referred it as Slee-go. The people who are saying Slygo must be from Virginia or somewhere else

Same. We say Slee-Go.

I’ve lived in Takoma Park for 25 years and I’ve NEVER heard Slee-go. You guys must be winding people up.

They are trolls. Sligo Creek, Sligo Creek Parkway, Sligo Ave, the church, and the school. All pronounced Sly-go.