Talk:Murfreesboro, Tennessee
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[edit] Moved comment from article
The following comment had been added to the article. I am moving it to the talk page:
I have lived in Murfreesboro all my life and I think it is very wrong to say among middle Tennesseeans pronounce our city's name like a bunch of backwood country hicks. We pronounce it Mur-frees-boro. It's that simple.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 198.179.227.59 (talk • contribs) 14:07, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
As the person who added the bit about pronunciation, I'll go ahead and respond to this. Unlike you I have not lived in Murfreesboro all my life. But as I have extended family in TN, I have visited the area hundreds of times, and have yet to hear it pronounced "Mur-frees-boro." I have never heard this pronounced any way other than "Mur-fiss-burra" or "Mur-friss-burra." It has nothing to do with "backwood country hicks," as you put it. For comparison's sake, how often do you hear New Orleans pronounced "New Or-lee-yans?" (Or if you happen to know anyone in Austin, Texas, ask how they pronounce street names like "Koenig" and "Manchaca"). But I will at least modify the statement. -- Gyrofrog (talk) 18:36, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
I live in Murfreesboro, and I have never heard pronounced it anyother way. It's two to one. Also something should be added about the music scene. -Hatchet. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.52.155.29 (talk • contribs) 16:34, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
I was born and raised in "Mur fes buro" and heard it called every thing but a cedar bush. What about our poor neighbor to the south "Shelbull"....... (Shelbyville). Personally, I hope the regionalism never changes.............-Avent (try to pronounce that name correctly:) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.156.22.25 (talk • contribs) 17:48, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
- People worry about mispronunciation of so many towns, when really, the one people ought to worry about is Nashville. I mean, where do they get "Nashvegas" from? ...Doesn't even sound similar.... ;þ
- On a serious note, I've never called it anything other than Mur-frees-boro. I wonder if that makes me un-Southern? -- Huntster T • @ • C 00:00, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Reference: Population Change!
Here's where I got the reference from [1]. Hope it helps-- they announced it today! Saw it in the Daily News Journal! --76.22.221.79 (talk) 15:32, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
