Pronounce "Toronto"

[TrogL]

[trof]

1. ap-puhl jooce

That's how it sounds to me.
;-)

[Lautremont]

2. "Hogtown"

[terrya]

3. "Tor-on-toe". It's NOT "Toronna", for goodness' sake! :-)

[TrogL]

6. Where I come from (Niagara Falls) it's "trawna"

basically pronounced as one syllable.

That reminds me...

[Lisa]

10. same in Hamilton ...

"T.O." for short.

[bubblesby2002]

14. hey that's where I was born too.

Only spent a few years there before moving to Vancouver but still say Trawna. My dad always called it Hogtown.

[Lisa]

23. or Cabbagetown!

Being Hamiltonian, I had Toronto-hatred inculcated from birth. It's a cultural thing.

But after seeing Mike Harris kicking the city around, I came to a new understanding -- and I now have no problem applauding Jack Layton (a former Toronto city councillor, now NDP leader).

[AlCzervik]

4. Tah-rawntow

[elperromagico]

5. Tor·e·a·dor,

En garde!
Toreador, Toreador
Et songe bien oui songe en combattant,
Qu'un oeuil noir te regarde
Et que l'amour t'attend
Toreador, L'amour, L'amour t'attend

[Hand]

7. Other...

"That place where all the stuck-up people come from."

:evilgrin:

[Hoping4Change]

9. Being at the centre of the universe gives Torontonians every

right to be stuck up. Riff raff from the coast should bow down before us and kiss our toes.

[Hand]

17. Sorry, forgot about that...

How could I have been so blind, so stupid, as to lose sight of Toronto's unique position in the known universe? How stupid of me... how backward... how... (gasp) (choke) BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Sorry, couldn't maintain...

:spank:

[Hoping4Change]

20. You're forgiven but get with the programme.

[CHIMO]

8. Actually Used

At the border to determine if one lives there.

Same way in some other cities.

[ironflange]

11. Like Calgary

If you hear it pronounced "Cal-gary" you know that person is a visitor or new arrival. It's "Cal-gree," damn it!

[Parrcrow]

13. and Montreal

pronounced Muntree-all, not Mawntree-all. (English pronunciation)

[Interrobang]

15. My mom used to say it should be spelled...

"Kelgry" to reflect the pronunciation. Definitely "Calgary" has two syllables.

I was born in Edmonton and now live in London, ON, which is far enough away from Toronto to get the semi-bastardized "To-ronna" pronunciation, but I still keep my two-syllable "Kelgry."

The one that throws me is the small town called "Orono," which is pronounced "ORE-no." :)

[ironflange]

16. Smart Mom!

Then there are the nearby towns of Red Ear, Bamf, and Cock-run.

[SmileyBoy]

12. To-Ronno.

:)

[arwalden]

18. "trawna"?? That's almost as bad as "ballmer"

(Baltimore)

[Lisa]

24. an Albanian family friend jokes about "Tirane"

He said he had no problem with the pronunciation!

[XNASA]

19. "Luxury Yacht"

[baldguy]

25. I thought that was "Throat Warbler Mangrove".

[cheezus]

21. win-eh-peg

[Parrcrow]

22. Winter-peg

[cheezus]

26. boy, ain't that the truth

[Parrcrow]

30. Stand at the corner of Portage and Main

on a nice February morning. That jingling you here aint the change in your pocket.:scared:

[rbnyc]

27. Toe-rahn-toe

Grew up near Chicago, lived awhile in Southwest, been in NYC for about 10 years.

[trackfan]

28. other: t ' - RAHN - toe - I'm from Los Angeles

The first syllable represents a schwa (sp?)

I wouldn't say RAWN for the middle syllable, nor RON, but RAHN - and yes, those are three different pronunciations to me. (RON and RAHN are pretty close, though)

[achtung_circus]

29. Trohnto

And yes I live here, yes I grew up here.

I was gone for 25 years and the myth that we pronounce it "Trawna" always galled me.