NEWSCASTERS! Sorry If My Compulsion Is Showing & This Is Probably

[ChiciB1]

so silly on a relative scale, BUT I just feel compelled to make this point!!

As Wilma info is being spread, I again am hearing a sound that I successfully IGNORED last year, but can't seem to control this time around.

Regardless of How or What the pronunciation was in the past, the current way to say Punta Gorda is PUNT-A Gorda! Not POOOONTA Gorda, as I keep hearing over and over on CNN, MSNBC et al!

Yes, I know it's really mundane, but I just couldn't help myself. I live right up the road and every time I hear it, it's like finger nails on a blackboard!

SILLY ME!!

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. Hwy 41?

My folks lived down the road in a trailer park in Ft. Myers for years.

[ChiciB1]

14. I Meant To Reply To You Earlier...

Yep, U.S. 41! I can look up the street and see it. I live on the west side, about a mile from the Gulf!!

Helloooo, Wilma!!!

[Catherine Vincent]

2. Really? I've always heard it pronounced the pooonta way.

Maybe they like saying it that way because it rhymes with Pooooontang. :-)

[bear425]

3. Actually, in Spanish it would be pronounced Poonta Gorda.

Perhaps, the residents choose to not pronounce it in Spanish.

[Gildor Inglorion]

5. Yeh, try saying "Ponce de Leon" in Atlanta using the Spanish pronunciation

You'd get some strange looks.
:D

[bear425]

7. True, just pointing out to the OP regarding the correct pronunciation

Punta Gorda: Fat Point

[ChiciB1]

6. That's Why I Prefaced My Comments About Then & Now!

I'm just one of those ditsy white Floridians! Remember us???

Actually, I'm trying to keep my mind off of will there or won't there be indictments, I THINK????

[bear425]

8. Yeah, I hear ya. I'm trying to keep my mind off of Hurricane Wilma

Stay safe there in Punta - Poonta Gorda!

[ChiciB1]

11. I'm Praying STALLLLLL!

Almost thought we had this season scraped, keep your fingers crossed! FEMA still has trailers down here from CHARLIE!!

[bear425]

12. I don't know about you, but I'm getting hurricane fatigue

I thought, like you, we were past the worst of it. I'm getting closer to getting out of dodge and moving to the mountains or something. Good luck!

[ChiciB1]

13. Just Got Baqck Here....

and saw your message. I've been telling my husband for about 9 months now, let's got West... very West! First stop for me is Northwest, like Oregon then Washington state! If the economy holds on long enough we are selling some land in North Port and want to buy a motor home.

Since he retired a little early not long ago, I've been pushing hard to get "on the road!"

And yes, ENOUGH with hurricanes, looks like a STALL won't be happening. I'm still holding out and hoping this one will fizzle! It's headed right towards us!

[Gildor Inglorion]

4. I feel your pain...the proper pronunciation of Biloxi is "Bill-UX-ee"

but almost all non-Mississippians say "Bill-OX-ee." Trivial, but irritating nonetheless.

[ChiciB1]

9. Thanks For The Commisseration...

Funny too, I have some property in North Port, a corner lot on Ponce de Leon Blvd & Estates Drive.

I KNOW how to say Ponce de Leon... the Spanish way! I soooo getting carried away here!

[VolcanoJen]

10. I swear, it's because they all vacation at Punta Cana in the Dominican...

... and they just think Punta Gorda is pronounced the same way. :-)