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Help[Opinions] Re: Crayton looks like Crayon
in reply to a message by Lillian
Do they really pronounce Creighton like "Cry-ton" in Texas? The university in Nebraska is quite definitely pronounced as "Cray-ton". In my experience the pronunciation "Cry-ton" is used for the spelling Crichton, as in the novelist Michael Crichton, or the character John Crichton in the science fiction TV series Farscape.
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Well, in my part of Texas
about 45mi north of Houston, we do. I can't speak for the rest of the state, but it would strike me odd if they said it differently in El Paso or Amarillo. I don't know for sure, but I expect this is the name of a local family from decades ago, given its prevalence in this area. I've also heard Creighton pronounced Cry-ton in Austin and San Antonio, but by people who've been here, to my town.
Of course, there's also a Harris County road named Kuykendahl, pronounced KIRK-en-doll. And the town of Refugio is pronounced ree-FYUR-ee-oh. We Texans just do things differently, I guess.
~Lillian~
Proud daughter of Ann and John
Proud sister of Lauren and Leah
Proud wife of David
Proud mother of Alexander, Scarlett, Sophia, and Gideon
about 45mi north of Houston, we do. I can't speak for the rest of the state, but it would strike me odd if they said it differently in El Paso or Amarillo. I don't know for sure, but I expect this is the name of a local family from decades ago, given its prevalence in this area. I've also heard Creighton pronounced Cry-ton in Austin and San Antonio, but by people who've been here, to my town.
Of course, there's also a Harris County road named Kuykendahl, pronounced KIRK-en-doll. And the town of Refugio is pronounced ree-FYUR-ee-oh. We Texans just do things differently, I guess.
~Lillian~
Proud daughter of Ann and John
Proud sister of Lauren and Leah
Proud wife of David
Proud mother of Alexander, Scarlett, Sophia, and Gideon
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