June-2nd-2009, 07:43 AM
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Los Angeles Pronunciation Change
I notice when listening to old radio broadcasts or watching films from the 40s, LA is pronounced with a hard g as in angle, not a soft g as in angel, as it is now. So when did the pronunciation shift, and are there old timers who still say it the old way?
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June-2nd-2009, 07:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Pete C
I notice when listening to old radio broadcasts or watching films from the 40s, LA is pronounced with a hard g as in angle, not a soft g as in angel, as it is now. So when did the pronunciation shift, and are there old timers who still say it the old way?
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I haven't heard "Los An-Gel-Lees" in a long time.
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June-2nd-2009, 07:57 AM
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It's definitely hard gee Los Angle-ese in 1998's The Big Lebowski.
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June-2nd-2009, 08:02 AM
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It's definitely hard gee Los Angle-ese in 1998's The Big Lebowski.
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Look, it's Da Jesus!
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June-2nd-2009, 08:24 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Pete C
I notice when listening to old radio broadcasts or watching films from the 40s, LA is pronounced with a hard g as in angle, not a soft g as in angel, as it is now. So when did the pronunciation shift, and are there old timers who still say it the old way?
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I remember that's the way Anjelica Huston pronounces it in The Grifters.
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June-2nd-2009, 10:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Dr Dave
I haven't heard "Los An-Gel-Lees" in a long time.
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That's a whole other issue.
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June-2nd-2009, 10:59 AM
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Oh, and when I heard it with angle, the last syllable rhymed with piss, not cheese.
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June-2nd-2009, 11:55 AM
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Los Ang-hel-les or ElAy, man.
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June-2nd-2009, 10:30 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Pete C
I notice when listening to old radio broadcasts or watching films from the 40s, LA is pronounced with a hard g as in angle, not a soft g as in angel, as it is now. So when did the pronunciation shift, and are there old timers who still say it the old way?
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Only old WWII era fat white guys with an attitude.
There was, has been and ever will be only one way to mispronounce the term Los Angeles, Pete: Los(t) Angel-iss
Spanish, however, never changes: Los Ang-hel-less.
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June-2nd-2009, 10:33 PM
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Personally, I prefer LOST Angeles or La La Land.
But then, I have anger issues with this part of the world.
Go Giants.
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June-2nd-2009, 10:48 PM
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Either way it's still in Cali 
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June-3rd-2009, 12:28 PM
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Is that near California?
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June-3rd-2009, 12:45 PM
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What was the name of that xenophobic old-timer from LA who hated immigrants? I imagine he pronounces it the old way.
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June-8th-2009, 02:47 PM
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The homies on the East side of the 5 call it "eatelaye."
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June-9th-2009, 09:34 PM
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Quote:
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What was the name of that xenophobic old-timer from LA who hated immigrants? I imagine he pronounces it the old way.
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Mike Schwartz.
Only he is a foreigner New Yawker and pretend Californian transplant with an attitude about California.
The guy has absolutely NO clue.
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June-10th-2009, 12:20 PM
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I think he was talking about the mysterious John P Cooper.
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June-10th-2009, 12:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Al in NYC
I think he was talking about the mysterious John P Cooper.
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That's the one!
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June-10th-2009, 10:45 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Al in NYC
I think he was talking about the mysterious John P Cooper.
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Well.
OK then.
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