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Interesting that they picked a name that tends to be mispronounced, at least according to those who live there; locals pronounce it like "app-toss" but non-loca
by staplung 3y ago
Interesting that they picked a name that tends to be mispronounced, at least according to those who live there; locals pronounce it like "app-toss" but non-locals tend to pronounce it "app-tose" (second syllable like "toast" without the trailing t). And the locals will correct you if you pronounce it wrong.
https://www.reddit.com/r/bayarea/comments/wi1rw6/aptos_how_do_you_pronounce_this_town/ https://www.reddit.com/r/bayarea/comments/wi1rw6/aptos_how_d...
- EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK 3y agoHate English.
- kibwen 3y ago"Aptos" isn't English, it's a word in an indigenous language. To an ordinary English speaker it would appear to be Greek, hence why people unfamiliar with the name pronounce it as though it were a Greek word.
- EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK 3y agoThere are too many such words in English, and you need to memorize all this shit. Unlike any other major language.
- russellbeattie 3y agoSpanish vs. English pronunciation. The Monterey peninsula has a ton of Spanish speakers. Spanish has exactly 5 vowel sounds: ah, eh, ee, oh, ooh. So take the a sound from "papa" and add in o sound from "gross " and you get the right pronunciation.
- Affric 3y agoGross has two pronunciations.
- galoisscobi 3y agoInteresting, everyone I knew in Santa Cruz pronounced it app-tose when I lived there for a couple of years.
- bunga-bunga 3y agoEh. It’s not really much of a difference. At least it’s not called Queue or Quinoa