Detroit Street Name Pronunciation

[Mikeg]

A couple of us are having a discussion over the correct local pronunciation of Erskine Street, so I thought I'd throw it out to the experts here in DetroitYes.

Which is the most common local pronunciation and which syllable is stressed?

a) er-skyne
b) er-skihn
c) er-skeen
d) other?

[MikeM]

b) er-skihn

or

d) ers-kihn

[michmina]

b) er-skihn

[FormerDetroiter]

b....er-skihn

[EastsideAl]

B!

At least that's the way the folks at the Roma Cafe [[at rye-o-pell and er-skin) have always pronounced it.

[Margarite]

B!

At least that's the way the folks at the Roma Cafe [[at rye-o-pell and er-skin) have always pronounced it.

Having grown up near Riopelle, we never pronounced the "O".. It was Rye-pell.

[Mikeg]

Thanks everyone!

[Gannon]

Another fun one is Goethe...although within one block it is actually misspelled Gothe...at St. Jean.

Noticed it just the other day. [[I know how it should be pronounced...)

[Honky Tonk]

Another fun one is Goethe...although within one block it is actually misspelled Gothe...at St. Jean.

Goethe figure.....

[slick]

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how about Piquette

I lived on pikette,

its French, Pi kwee

[Király]

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how about Piquette

I lived on pikette,

its French, Pi kwee

"pikette" is exactly how it is said in French, not "Pi kwee".

As for Erskine, where does the stress go? ER-skihn, or er-SKIHN? Knowing where the stress goes is important. Somebody told me that Macomb was pronounced muh-comb, and I took that to mean MUH-comb. It was later when I learned that it's muh-COMB.

[dtowncitylover]

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how about Piquette

I lived on pikette,

its French, Pi kwee

As a Francophone, no, just stop.

[Oldertimer]

gothee in Detroit. gerta elsewhere

[dtowncitylover]

Another fun one is Goethe...although within one block it is actually misspelled Gothe...at St. Jean.

Noticed it just the other day. [[I know how it should be pronounced...)

GO-thee, soft "th"

[macster1]

I knew a family who lived on Goethe. They pronounced it GO-thay. [[TH as in theme).

[Király]

Another fun one is Goethe...although within one block it is actually misspelled Gothe...at St. Jean.

Must be new. The 2009 and 2011 Google street view images show a "Goethe" sign there, but the 2013 image shows the sign and the light pole it was attached to missing.

[dguy4evr]

There's the infamous "Lahser" it is not Lash-er, but Lahs-er. And then there's Charlevoix too.

[Wesley Mouch]

There's the infamous "Lahser" it is not Lash-er, but Lahs-er. And then there's Charlevoix too.

Lash-er. Nobody said Lahs-er, at least south of 8 Mile.

[Don K]

Yeah, I know native Detroiters pronounce it Lash-er, but I suppose they can't read the order of the letters.

[Király]

Yeah, I know native Detroiters pronounce it Lash-er, but I suppose they can't read the order of the letters.

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[FormerDetroiter]

Yeah, I know native Detroiters pronounce it Lash-er, but I suppose they can't read the order of the letters.

Don K...I am a native Detroiter [[Eastside) who always pronounced Lahser Lah-ser and I corrected anyone who said Lash-er...

[Honky Tonk]

Don K...I am a native Detroiter [[Eastside) who always pronounced Lahser Lah-ser and I corrected anyone who said Lash-er...

WDET interviewed one of the Lahser family members last July. He said it was pronounced "Lahhh-sur". @ some point, a streetsign maker misspelled one of the streetsigns. [[he probably took canuck's advice) Here's a link to the story below.

https://soundcloud.com/wdet/curiosid...ay-lasher-road

[michmina]

Lash-er. Nobody said Lahs-er, at least south of 8 Mile.

I can vouch for that--we always said Lash-er...

[macster1]

There's the infamous "Lahser" it is not Lash-er, but Lahs-er. And then there's Charlevoix too.

I say SHAR-luh-voy.

[GPCharles]

Goethe - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe pronunciation - ɡətə [[28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German writer and statesman.