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Know what ticks me off, Halifax? People who don’t pronounce “Isleville” correctly, that nice long street in the North End. Get it right, dammit! —Share the love
This article appears in Oct 10-16, 2013.
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do we get a hint?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyQvjKqXA0Y
damn your eyes ivan! I just spent 45 minutes watching python clips!
When I lived on Isleville it used to irk me to no end when people would pronounce it “eyes-ville”. Fucking derps.
It’s plain as can be for those with “isle” to see!
so what is it? i’ll-ville ?
sometimes the ‘correct’ pronunciation of something used as a word is not the correct pronunciation of the word used as a name.
eg. portage avenue in Winnipeg. the proper way to pronounce portage is the French way, ‘to portage the canoes’ port-TAJ……but in Winnipeg, the street name is pronounced PORT-ahg
It’s historically been pronounced “eyes”-ville.
Eyes-ville is correct not Aisle-ville
As it’s past where Gottingen turns into Novalea, that means that the swarmers are a tad more polite and the knife they shank you with is at least cleaned off after the last stabbing.
good grief. two posters use the S pronunciation and two say no S .
Izzleville, my nizzle.
Clearly it’s “Throat-Warbler Mangrove”
You, OP, would be irate using my gps…
It’s a Navgon and pronounces every street with a german accent.
True story.
Lived in the Hydrostone for 23 years, the Eyes-ville have it!
oh gawd zzz………………how do you stand it?
Vee WILL turn leftttt here!
Dumkoff! Vee now haff to recalculate!
all I can hear is sgt schultz
It’s all fun and games until someone winds up “accidentally” annexing the Sudetenland.