+Planet Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 I pronounce it the way it sounds, then I help brasher get back up. I'm guessing brASHer as in Ash. But I'm not from upstate NY. I know it's PulaskEYE and not Pulaskeeee, so maybe they say BRAYsher Falls. Quote Link to comment
+nfa Posted October 28, 2006 Share Posted October 28, 2006 ...brasher falls? like cache-er falls jamie - nfa Quote Link to comment
+Fink007 Posted November 25, 2006 Share Posted November 25, 2006 I have family that lives there - it's pronounces BRAY-SURE Falls. Quote Link to comment
+MissJenn Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 This is kinda fun to watch. Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 Its bro-shure Quote Link to comment
avroair Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 Can I get the definition please: adj. brash·er, brash·est 1. a. Hasty and unthinking; impetuous. b. Rash. Can you use it in a sentence please: brasher --- as in "he was a impetuous young fellow, far brasher then his collegues and more likely to take a falls. Alternate pronounceation: brass-sheer A mass or pile of rubble, refuse, or fragments, as of stone, brush, or ice [Perhaps an alteration of French brèche, breach in a wall, from Italian breccia; see breccia.] Quote Link to comment
+foxfire949 Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Fink has it closest to what I've always heard. (my be closer to Braize-er though) How about Madrid, NY Quote Link to comment
+Harry Dolphin Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 I was thinking of Basher Kill, which is also Basha Kill, so the 'r' is probably silent... Madrid? A lot of towns named after European cities have the ac-CENT on the wrong sy-LAB-le, so I'm sure it's MAD-rid. Like BER-lin, NJ, or bo-GOT-a, NJ. Quote Link to comment
+Peconic Bay Sailors Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 remember... this IS way upstate NY... so it's pronounced "old-car-is-out-back Falls"... Quote Link to comment
+Fink007 Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 Up north, it is pronounced MAD-rid - when I first pronounced it like the city in Spain, I was quickly corrected. For Brasher Falls, the closest think I can think of to describe the pronunciation would be the old "Brazier" signs that used be at Dairy Queen. I never forget anything food-related! Quote Link to comment
+nfa Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 remember... this IS way upstate NY... so it's pronounced "old-car-is-out-back Falls"... Hey! I resemble that remark... Quote Link to comment
TinyMoon & The Pumpkin King Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 My buddy at work, "The Justinator", is from there...he pronounces it "bray-zer" falls...I was quite stunned when I found out it's actually spelled "brasher"...he's from so far up North he talks with a Southern accent! We bust on him about it, saying he needs a Canadian passport to come to work, or that if you go too far North you just end up back down South ag'in ! Quote Link to comment
+alexhenryj Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 I have family that lives there - it's pronounces BRAY-SURE Falls. I agree with your phonetical spelling... Quote Link to comment
+whistler & co. Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 Even more astounding than the 101 ways to say Brasher is the word: Skaneatles Just looking at it hurts my head! Quote Link to comment
+Harry Dolphin Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 I listened to enough Albany radio in my youth (WABY) to remember that as SCAN-eee-AT-uh-lees. I like the names Valatie and Irondequoit. Quote Link to comment
+smrich Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 (edited) - this topic brought lots of chuckles to me. I grew up in Massena - actually Louisville (pronounced LOUIS-ville, not LOUIE-ville like they say it in KY) -. BRAY-SURE is the correct way for Brasher Falls. And as someone said earlier, think it was HD, the accent is usually on the other syllable of the European name -as in MAD-rid. However, Lisbon, NY is pronounced the same as Lisbon, Portugal. Go figure. Edited December 18, 2006 by smrich Quote Link to comment
TinyMoon & The Pumpkin King Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 Skaneateles..."skinny-AT-liss"...I'm from Camillus, only two towns over, and that's how most everyone here pronounces it. Radio-Free-Albany is way too far East to know how the locals rilly pronounce things 'round these parts! Quote Link to comment
ATMouse Posted December 27, 2006 Share Posted December 27, 2006 I listened to enough Albany radio in my youth (WABY) to remember that as SCAN-eee-AT-uh-lees. I like the names Valatie and Irondequoit. I grew up in Irondequoit....do you know that there are 22 CORRECT spellings of "Irondequoit" listed in the early records? An' it means something like: "that really flat spot where we all kept getting malaria close by the big lake" Quote Link to comment
TinyMoon & The Pumpkin King Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 ! We live near Onondaga Lake, and we're pretty sure the original meaning of Onondaga was "stinky swamp where Grandpa was carried away by Giant Skeetos" Quote Link to comment
+MissJenn Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 northern new york, how do you pronounce... ...brasher falls? flask, Did you ever get what you needed from this thread? Quote Link to comment
+alexhenryj Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 Quick! Some one get me the pronunciation of Schenecatady!!! It was fun when we were younger! Quote Link to comment
Alpacas Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 Quick! Some one get me the pronunciation of Schenecatady!!! It was fun when we were younger! Everyone here calls it "Skenecktadee". Quote Link to comment
+alexhenryj Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 Quick! Some one get me the pronunciation of Schenecatady!!! It was fun when we were younger! Everyone here calls it "Skenecktadee". how about breaking it into 3 body parts... Quote Link to comment
+tomfuller & Quill Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 skah-NECK-tahdee How's that? Now if we can get people to pronounce BING-ham-ton right. Hardly anyone spells it right either. Quote Link to comment
kateweb Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 skah-NECK-tahdee How's that? Now if we can get people to pronounce BING-ham-ton right. Hardly anyone spells it right either. Funny I was just throw their a couple weeks ago - every one in the general vicinity of upstate knows how to say it with out thinking just like we call Charlotte sha-lot instead of Char-lett then we have Chili "Chi-Lie" heck I live in rottenchester Quote Link to comment
+alexhenryj Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 skah-NECK-tahdee How's that? Now if we can get people to pronounce BING-ham-ton right. Hardly anyone spells it right either. I ALWAYS put the p in Binghampton... Quote Link to comment
+Harry Dolphin Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 My brother went to a job interview in Poughkeepsie, once. It was tough for him get there, since he could neither pronounce it, nor spell it. Quote Link to comment
+ArriBlossom Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 how about breaking it into 3 body parts... Hah! I remember that! Skin-neck-tittie. Quote Link to comment
Mr.Yuck Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 I listened to enough Albany radio in my youth (WABY) to remember that as SCAN-eee-AT-uh-lees. I like the names Valatie and Irondequoit. I grew up in Irondequoit....do you know that there are 22 CORRECT spellings of "Irondequoit" listed in the early records? An' it means something like: "that really flat spot where we all kept getting malaria close by the big lake" I know the correct way to say Irondequoit, but I have no idea how to relay that information phonetically. I mean it's just Irondequoit. What do you mean "flat", the Drumlins in Durand Eastman Park will take anyone to the brink of cardiac arrest. Quote Link to comment
kateweb Posted January 29, 2007 Share Posted January 29, 2007 I listened to enough Albany radio in my youth (WABY) to remember that as SCAN-eee-AT-uh-lees. I like the names Valatie and Irondequoit. I grew up in Irondequoit....do you know that there are 22 CORRECT spellings of "Irondequoit" listed in the early records? An' it means something like: "that really flat spot where we all kept getting malaria close by the big lake" I know the correct way to say Irondequoit, but I have no idea how to relay that information phonetically. I mean it's just Irondequoit. What do you mean "flat", the Drumlins in Durand Eastman Park will take anyone to the brink of cardiac arrest. LOL that hill aint that bad try going to Hiland park - but then again that hill on circle street drives me nuts when I'm on a bike. I hope the snow melts soon so I can find that bench mark. Quote Link to comment
+Staghorn Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 (edited) I listened to enough Albany radio in my youth (WABY) to remember that as SCAN-eee-AT-uh-lees. I like the names Valatie and Irondequoit. I live in I-quoit. I know of one alternate spelling, but not 22! phonetically.. ih-RON-de-koyt Edited February 7, 2007 by Staghorn Quote Link to comment
Ferreter5 Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 I live in Canandaigua. It's funny when someone from a company calls me on the phone and tries to pronounce it. Or, I say it and they can't spell it. cann-ann-DAY-gwuh It's from the Seneca language, meaning "The Chosen Place". It's the name of one of the Finger Lakes and the name of the city and township at the north end of the lake. Quote Link to comment
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