Texas Almanac 2012–2013

Appendix

Diacritical markings are used as follows: b1le, b0d, l2t, r5se, r4ll, 7ak, brØd, føt. The stressed syllable is capitalized. Secondary stress is indicated by an underline as in Atascosa — 0t uhs K¶ suh. TEXAS ALMANAC ©. Pronunciation Guide Texas Obituaries Index of Entries Morning in Roberts County in the Panhandle. Photo by Robert Plocheck. Appendix Pronunciation 689 Diacritical markings are used as follows: b1le, b0d, l2t, r5se, r4ll, 7ak, brØd, føt. The stressed syllable is capitalized. Secondary stress is indicated by an underline as in Atascosa — 0t uhs K¶ suh. TEXAS ALMANAC ©. Texas’ rich cultural diversity is reflected nowhere better than in the names of places. Standard pronunciation is used in many cases, but purely colloquial pronunciation often is used, too. In the late 1940s, George Mitchel Stokes, a graduate student at Baylor University, developed a list of pronunciations of 2,300 place names across the state. Stokes earned his doctorate and served as director of the speech division in the communications studies department at Baylor University. He retired in 1983. In the following list based on Stokes longer list, pronunciation is by respelling and diacritical marking. Respelling is employed as follows: “ah” as in the exclamation, ah, or the “o” in tot; “ee” as in meet; “oo” as in moot; “yoo” as in use; “ow” as in cow; “oi” as in oil; “uh” as in mud. Note that ah, uh and the apostrophe(‘) are used for varying degrees of neutral vowel sounds, the apostrophe being used where the vowel is barely sounded. Diacritical markings are used as follows: b1le, b0d, l2t, r5se, r4ll, 7ak, brØd, føt. The stressed syllable is capitalized. Secondary stress is indicated by an underline as in Atascosa — 0t uhs K¶ suh. Texas Pronunciation Guide­ A Abbott — º buht Abernathy — º ber n0 th4 Abilene — ºB uh leen Acala — uh K¡ luh Ackerly — ºK er l4 Acme — ºK m4 Acton — ºK t’n Acuff — ¡ kuhf Adamsville — º d’mz v4l Addicks — º d4ks Addielou — 0 d4 L” Addison — A di s’n Adkins — ºT k4nz Adrian — ¡ dr4 uhn Afton — ¡F t’n Agua Dulce — ah wuh D”L s4 Agua Nueva — ah wuh nyØ ¡ vuh Aiken — ¡ k4n Alamo — ºL uh m7 Alamo Heights — 0l uh m7 HßTS Alanreed — ºL uhn reed Alba — ºL buh Albany — AWL buh n4 Albert — ºL bert Aledo — uh LEE d7 Alexander — 2l 4g ZºN der Alfred — ºL fr2d Algoa — 0l G¶ uh Alice — º l4s Alief — ¡ leef Allen — º l4n Allenfarm — 0l4n FAHRM Alleyton — º l4 t’n Allison — ºL uh s’n Alma — AHL muh Alpine — ºL p5n Altair — awl TºR Alta Loma — 0l tuh L§ muh Alto — ºL t7 Altoga — 0l T¶ guh Alvarado — 0l vuh R¡ d7 Alvin — ºL v4n Alvord — ºL vord Amarillo — 0m uh R4L 7 Amherst — AM herst Ammannsville — ºM ‘nz v4l Anahuac — ºN uh w0k Anderson — ºN der s’n Andice — ºN d5s Andrews — ºN drØz Angelina — 0n juh LEE nuh Angleton — ºNG g’l t’n Anna — ºN uh Annona — 0 N¶ nuh Anson — ºN s’n Antelope — ºNT uh l7p Anton — ºNT n Appleby — º p’l b4 Apple Springs — 0 p’l SPR¢NGZ Aquilla — uh KW¢L uh Aransas — uh RºN zuhs Aransas Pass — uh r0n zuhs PºS Arbala — ahr B¡ luh Arcadia — ahr K¡ d4 uh Archer — AHR cher Archer City — ahr cher S¢T 4 Arcola — ahr K¶ luh Argo — AHR g7 Argyle — ahr GßL Arlington — AHR l4ng t’n Arneckeville — AHR n4 k4 v4l Arnett — AHR n4t Arp — ahrp Artesia Wells — ahr tee zh’ WƒLZ Arthur City — ahr ther S¢T 4 Asherton — ºSH er t’n Aspermont — ºS per mahnt Atascosa — 0t uhs K¶ suh Athens — º th2nz Atlanta — 0t LºN tuh Atlas — ºT l’s Attoyac — AT uh y0k Aubrey — AW br4 Augusta — aw GUHS tuh Austin — AWS t’n Austonio — aws T¶ n4 7 Austwell — AWS w2l Avalon — ºV uhl n Avery — ¡ vuh r4 Avinger — º v4n jer Avoca — uh V¶ kuh Axtell — ºKS t’l Azle — ¡ z’l B Bagwell — BºG w’l Bailey — B¡ l4 Baileyboro — B¡ l4 ber ruh Baileyville — B¡ l4 v4l Baird — b0rd Bakersfield — B¡ kers feeld Balch Springs — bawlch or bawlk SPR4NGZ Ballinger — BºL 4n jer Balmorhea — b0l muh R¡ Bandera — b0n DƒR uh Bangs — b0ngz Banquete — b0n Kƒ t4 Barclay — BAHRK l4 Bardwell — BAHRD w’l Barker — BAHR ker Barksdale — BAHRKS d1l Barnhart — BAHRN hahrt Barnum — BAHR n’m Barry — Bº r4 Barstow — BAHRS t7 Bartlett — BAHRT l4t Bassett — B...