A few days ago
Why do people call Aloha,Oregon “uh-low-uh” instead of “uh-low-ha?
It’s been bugging me for years and I don’t know how to find out.
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Laziness
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A few days ago
I guess there are several reasons it could be, but. . .
if the first A is the first ‘uh’
the LOH could be the ‘low’
then the second A would be the ‘uh’
maybe.
Also, in many languages the ‘h’ isn’t really pronounced, like in Spanish ‘Hola’ for hello is pronounced ‘oh-LA’. And since the word is Hawaiian, it’s not really an English word.
just a thought.
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A few days ago
Because a lot of people don’t like or aren’t used to enunciating words. “Uh-low-uh” is just a lazy pronunciation of “Aloha.” *shrugs* That’s just how some people say things. If it bugs you so much, cover your ears.
Almost everyone does it. When saying a sentence like: “A helicopter just flew over us,” a lot of people don’t say “A” with a hard “A” sound; most pronounce it as “uh.”
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A few days ago
This is like people who live in Prescott, Arizona call their town “Presskit” (“rhymes with biscuit”). It kind of separates the locals from the “tourists”. Just a guess…
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