So why is Logan pronounced awg-den?

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Jun 27, 2017
11:47:09am

PJMort All-American

So why is Logan pronounced awg-den?

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Any reason why those in Southern Utah say Her-a-cun instead of the normal

Chester Copperpot

6/27/17 11:09am

The original settlers of Hurricane were from England, that is how the British

Cosmodiar

6/27/17 11:11am

Thanks. Thought there was a reason that wasn't related to the gene pool.

Chester Copperpot

6/27/17 11:13am

That's interesting

Cougar-Duck

6/27/17 11:14am

But they wouldn't say the "H" would they? "Urican"

2018grad

6/27/17 11:21am

Only if they were Cockney

6/27/17 11:23am

RE: But they wouldn't say the "H" would they? "Urican"

Cosmodiar

6/27/17 11:24am

This example is better.

blueaussie

6/27/17 12:18pm

^^This^^ I grew up in Hurricane.

Dixie's Red Rocks

6/27/17 11:27am

There's a Hurricane City in WV, pronounced the same way.

6/27/17 11:36am

It is a security measure. So they can always tell locals from out-of-towners.

Tokolosh

6/27/17 11:12am

You can certainly tell those who are not from the area this way.

Dixie's Red Rocks

6/27/17 11:33am

Like in Skipio.

Alister Mackenzie

6/27/17 11:54am

A better question is why name the town after a weather force that couldn't

6/27/17 11:13am

Guy here said it was because the wind blows like one there. Not sure if true.

Chester Copperpot

6/27/17 11:14am

Like when they name a street Lakeview just to sound fancy, even

6/27/17 11:56am

Reminds me of Louisville Co and Louisville Ky. Colorado is Lewis-ville and Kentucky is Lou-a-vol

6/27/17 11:18am

Because they're mostly iliterate once your south of Provo.

6/27/17 11:18am

RE: Because they're mostly iliterate once your south of Provo.

flavordave

6/27/17 11:19am

RE: Because they're mostly iliterate once your south of Provo.

ManicBlue

6/27/17 11:20am

Thumbs downs and snarky comments won't change the fact that 90% of them look

6/27/17 11:27am

Or like this

Cosmodiar

6/27/17 11:29am

And when was the last time he lived down there? He moved north as soon as he was

6/27/17 11:33am

Sun>Inversion

Crush4

6/27/17 12:44pm

So why is Logan pronounced awg-den?

PJMort

6/27/17 11:47am

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HarlemCoug

6/27/17 11:42am

Your spelling and board name doesn't exactly separate you from the group

ManicBlue

6/27/17 11:43am

*you're

Sandy Lyle

6/27/17 11:30am

I saw that too. That's funny.

Iron Coug

6/27/17 11:39am

RE: Because they're mostly iliterate once your south of Provo.

6/27/17 11:48am

Real natives only use two syllables: Hur-cun

d-coug

6/27/17 11:19am

Miami Oklahoma is pronounced "my ama"

4mack

6/27/17 11:19am

Tooele Utah is pronounced "what a hole"

foofcoug

6/27/17 11:24am

You shouldn't believe any of the above. The real reason is...

6/27/17 6:56pm

Every area in the country has their own unique accents

HighHorse

6/27/17 7:01pm

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