Live in San Antonio but sound like an out of towner?
We've either all heard it or done it ourselves. Mispronouncing counties, cities and streets isn't anything new. In San Antonio it seems it's common from out of towners as well as native San Antonians.
San Antonio has some funky pronunciations from the streets to the counties to the cities that surround it. If you have been to San Antonio recently you will see signs for streets, counties and cities that don't sound like they are spelled so, here's some help. If you are an out of towner (or a native from SA) but don't want to sound like one, this posts for you.
Let's start with streets:
We have common names like Bandera, Wetmore & Thousand Oaks BUT, some of the harder street names that don't sound like their spelling are: 
Blanco - Commonly heard pronounced - Blan-ko, it's Blank-o.
Bulverde - Commonly heard pronounced -Bul-Ver-they, it's Bul-VER-DEE
Nacogdoches - Commonly heard pronounced -Nacog-doah-chis, it's Naco-Doches.
Toepperwein - Commonly heard pronounced -Toe-per-whine, it's Topper-Wine
Make sense?
Now let's talk about counties:
Bexar - Commonly heard pronounced - BECKS-RRRR, it's BEAR.
Comal - Commonly heard pronounced - Co-muul, it's Co-Mal
Guadalupe - Commonly heard pronounced -Gwada-loop, it's Gwada-loopi
Good? Ok, next is CITIES!:
Cibolo - Commonly heard pronounced -C-Bolo, it's Cib-O-LO
New Braunfels - Commonly heard pronounced -New-Brunsfels, it's New Brawn-Fulls.
Schertz - Commonly heard pronounced -Cherts, it's Shirts
Helotes - Commonly heard pronounced -He-Lotes, it's Huh-low-tiss
Easy enough? Great! I hope this post helps someone who is questioning the true pronunciation of the above words.
Remember, we all said at least one of them wrong @ one point or another!
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Kristin Moran 210-313-7397. KristinMoran@Satx.RR.com
Kristin Moran
Specializing in San Antonio & surrounding cities
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