Shrike30
Apr 19 2006, 11:48 PM
It's pronounced "pew-ALL-lup."
Pew, as in the thing you'd kneel on in a church.
All, like "hall."
Lup, like "look" ending in a P (this is assuming you pronounce look "luk", not "luke")
A buddy of mine is from Baltimore, came out to Seattle. He played SR out there, so when he moved here we gave him the SR tour of the city. Then he asked where "Puyayoop" was. It took him four tries before I realized what he was talking about.
Just thought I'd share that with y'all.
edited for slightly better pronunciation guides
Aku
Apr 20 2006, 12:13 AM
well, i guess i was close, i always thought it was more like poo-all-up, but they're very close, more oo and less ew in mine though, i think...
James McMurray
Apr 20 2006, 01:16 AM
Here in Texas we pronounce things like we want to y'all.
HMHVV Hunter
Apr 20 2006, 01:17 AM
Gods, did I ever get that one wrong.
I've been pronouncing it "Puh-yah-lup."
ronin3338
Apr 20 2006, 01:21 AM
That's pretty close... I thought it was more like peeyollup myself.
James McMurray
Apr 20 2006, 01:21 AM
We use "pew-yuh-lup."
bclements
Apr 20 2006, 02:30 AM
One guy in my office (the lead salescritter) pronounces it "pal-YE-up"
Piecemeal
Apr 20 2006, 03:08 AM
i had actually wondered about that at one point or another... thanks for the knowledge.
and what is knowledge, folks?
yes, thats right
half the battle.
so, any speculation on which megacorp owns Starbucks by 2070? it is pronounced star-bucks, isnt it?
Kanada Ten
Apr 20 2006, 03:20 AM
Aztechnology.
James McMurray
Apr 20 2006, 04:08 AM
Actually, Starbucks owns Aztechnology. Where did you think the Azzies learned the meaning of true evil from?
NightHaunter
Apr 20 2006, 11:24 AM
My pronunciation is off.
I had: Pull-ee-up.
And Star Buckets.
stevebugge
Apr 20 2006, 03:14 PM
| QUOTE (Shrike30 @ Apr 19 2006, 03:48 PM) |
It's pronounced "pew-ALL-lup."
Pew, as in the thing you'd kneel on in a church.
All, like "hall."
Lup, like "look" ending in a P.
A buddy of mine is from Baltimore, came out to Seattle. He played SR out there, so when he moved here we gave him the SR tour of the city. Then he asked where "Puyayoop" was. It took him four tries before I realized what he was talking about.
Just thought I'd share that with y'all.
edited for slightly better pronunciation guides |
Were you listening to the local radio stations playing "lets make tourists try to say local place names on the air" again?
FanGirl
Apr 20 2006, 04:01 PM
| QUOTE (Shrike30 @ Apr 19 2006, 06:48 PM) |
| Lup, like "look" ending in a P. |
Isn't that "loop?"
Maybe you pronounce the word "look" with a shorter "o" sound over in Seattle, so that its sounds almost like "luk." Here in the Midwest, we tend to lengthen our vowels, so I might render it as just plain "lup."
Valentinew
Apr 20 2006, 04:15 PM
Why is the phrase "Look, I'm your father," running through my head right now?
And for the record, I'm from the midwest, & I pronounce it closer "luk" than "luke".
Shrike30
Apr 20 2006, 04:20 PM
| QUOTE (FanGirl) |
| Maybe you pronounce the word "look" with a shorter "o" sound over in Seattle, so that its sounds almost like "luk." Here in the Midwest, we tend to lengthen our vowels, so I might render it as just plain "lup." |
I edited the pronunciation guide a little more, hopefully it'll clear that up. Yeah, we use the shorter o here.
mdynna
Apr 20 2006, 04:45 PM
PEW-all-up?
I was saying it POY-all-up... pretty close.
HEY, I've got another idea I'm going to start a dragon name pronounciation thread.
sandchigger
Apr 20 2006, 05:51 PM
I'll just go on pronouncing it incorrectly as
Pull - ll + y'all + up
I'm content in my ignorance.
Waltermandias
Apr 20 2006, 09:53 PM
Where does the name come from?
Azralon
Apr 20 2006, 10:09 PM
| QUOTE (Waltermandias @ Apr 20 2006, 05:53 PM) |
| Where does the name come from? |
IIRC it's from the Coastal Salish, but I don't have any idea what it means. The mighty Google might tell me if I chose to invoke it.
Update: I dunno, Google's coming up dry. About all I could confirm that the Puyallup tribe was a subset of the Salish tribes.
Waltermandias
Apr 20 2006, 10:37 PM
That's probably it then, thanks!
Dissonance
Apr 20 2006, 10:57 PM
I'm glad to know I'm not alone in my mispronounciation of Pully-Up.
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