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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (6 children)

How does one pronounce Appalachian?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

The closer you get, the more it sounds like "App-uh-latch-uh"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

I'll stick with Ah-pah-lah-shee-an

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Depends where you're from lol.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

App uh latch e en

Alternatively can be pronounced app uh latch in

Edit: been told I'm wrong

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

I've also heard apple-late-chin

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I dunno, the way I typed it is how the robots in Fallout 76 pronounce it haha. I could very well be wrong.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

You cheeky bastard!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

From Western PA and this is the pronunciation I grew up with (but all others were also accepted)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Yeah, Pittsburgh here, I totally say lay-shun.

It's been said the Pittsburgh accent is one of the least attractive so maybe don't go mimicking our diction.