Anonymous
Post 03/27/2021 21:22     Subject: Re:Potomac and Potowmack pronounced the same?
Anonymous wrote:Wait a second...I pronounce both: puh toe mic How do you say them?


Atomic Potomic?
Anonymous
Post 03/27/2021 21:21     Subject: Re:Potomac and Potowmack pronounced the same?
PP... you will live but for average DMVer you sound like peasant. Beware, they are laughing behind your back.
Anonymous
Post 03/27/2021 21:20     Subject: Re:Potomac and Potowmack pronounced the same?
Anonymous wrote:Wait a second...I pronounce both: puh toe mic How do you say them?


MIC!??? oh no never MIC!

That is baaaaaaaaad.. really really baaaaaaaaaad..
Anonymous
Post 03/27/2021 21:19     Subject: Re:Potomac and Potowmack pronounced the same?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Second spelling seems more like the original Indian spelling perhaps. Accent on second syllable for both.


Most long enough Indian names I can think of have two accents in them.


So if it were to follow then it would be

Accents on both o's

P o t o mac
Anonymous
Post 03/27/2021 21:18     Subject: Re:Potomac and Potowmack pronounced the same?
Anonymous wrote:Second spelling seems more like the original Indian spelling perhaps. Accent on second syllable for both.


Most long enough Indian names I can think of have two accents in them.
Anonymous
Post 03/27/2021 19:17     Subject: Potomac and Potowmack pronounced the same?
The restaurant is pronounced PATtoeMACK and is really good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7ekBKIBde4
Anonymous
Post 03/27/2021 18:47     Subject: Re:Potomac and Potowmack pronounced the same?
Wait a second...I pronounce both: puh toe mic How do you say them?
Anonymous
Post 03/27/2021 11:49     Subject: Re:Potomac and Potowmack pronounced the same?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:People more often misplace the accent in the word.



Some put accent on the first o, others on the seconf

P o tomac

Pot o mac

You observe t clear distinction his between newcomers and locals.


Are you saying some people pronounce it PO tomac? Never heard that in all my years.

They are pronounced the same, either way.


I've heard "pot o' mac" like a pot of mac(aroni)
most people from the eastern shore pronounce it that way from my experience
Anonymous
Post 03/26/2021 23:43     Subject: Re:Potomac and Potowmack pronounced the same?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:People more often misplace the accent in the word.



Some put accent on the first o, others on the seconf

P o tomac

Pot o mac

You observe t clear distinction his between newcomers and locals.


Are you saying some people pronounce it PO tomac? Never heard that in all my years.

They are pronounced the same, either way.
Anonymous
Post 03/26/2021 16:51     Subject: Potomac and Potowmack pronounced the same?
Potowmack elementary in Lououn is pronounced the same as Potomac.
Anonymous
Post 03/26/2021 16:05     Subject: Re:Potomac and Potowmack pronounced the same?
Second spelling seems more like the original Indian spelling perhaps. Accent on second syllable for both.
Anonymous
Post 03/26/2021 15:08     Subject: Re:Potomac and Potowmack pronounced the same?
Anonymous wrote:People more often misplace the accent in the word.



Some put accent on the first o, others on the seconf

P o tomac

Pot o mac

You observe t clear distinction his between newcomers and locals.
Anonymous
Post 03/26/2021 15:04     Subject: Re:Potomac and Potowmack pronounced the same?
People more often misplace the accent in the word.
Anonymous
Post 03/26/2021 14:37     Subject: Potomac and Potowmack pronounced the same?
Born and raised here and it's pronounced the same.
Anonymous
Post 03/26/2021 14:30     Subject: Potomac and Potowmack pronounced the same?
The same or is it Potomac and po-toe-mack?