As someone who recently moved to Weir, that odd pronunciation was spot on, especially for jokes based on questions like "Where are you from?" I now can say things like, "How did you know I live there?" Lol😅
As a Mississippian, milk?!? Oh, and for the lightning round having the state tree on there would have been extra hilarious (it's also the magnolia [specifically magnolia grandiflora])
As a fellow Louisiana resident who is from Louisiana, it confused me when they said the magnolia is Mississippi's state flower seeing as it's our state flower too
Gonna have to take a point from Adam's team for the way he butchered the name "Belzoni"...but, since today is his birthday, I guess he can get an extra point.
I was in Mississippi for the first time a few years back. Good times. I was struck, though, by how many people, when finding out I was NOT from MS, increduously asked me, "Why oh why did you come HERE?!" Started to think it was some kind of MS in-joke. Still fun folks!
I once pulled up to a guy in Tupelo and asked directions to Elvis's birthplace. Referring to my out of state license plates, he asked, "You didn't drive all the way down from New Hampshire just to see this, did you?"
My parents live near a road called "Minabukit" I could never figure out why it's spelled "Minnow Bucket" on the sign. We don't mind hurting English either ;)
Some other fun MS town names are: Keownville, Itta Bena, Gautier, Hushpuckena, Bogue Chitto, Picayune, Saucier, Escatawpa, Sylvarena, Sabougla, Dumas. What's your favorite MS town name?
Tchula is one of my favorites. I worked in Cleveland for a while, but never did learn to say Huspuckena. Grew up in Greenwood so I feel kinda disappointed in myself
Gautier doesn't sound anything like it's spelled, other than the G at the beginning. I highly suspect the original residents spelt it that way to confuse travelers....
I was born in Tahlequah, OK. I always get a chuckle when people mispronounce it. Its actually one of the easier towns to pronounce here in the "Sooner State."
Beer also wouldn’t be an option b/ there are dry counties splattered throughout MS. You also can’t buy any alcohol whatsoever on Sundays…not even at the gas station or the grocery store. Note: The “song” of how to remember the spelling of Mississippi is actually used in school to make it easier to remember and learn. IDK why
I’m from Toccopola MS (which is close to Yocona) and we pronounce it Yocney 😂 like there’s a Camp Yocona but no one pronounces it ‘Yocona’. It’s Camp Yocney.
Friendly suggestion? Turn the table 45 degrees to put the corner between 2-person discourse. Any show (!) that does single plane, side-by-side direct interaction... it's super awkward.
It would be cool to actually feature travel destinations in each Southern State or to have panels with people from different Southern States talking about various topics and the similarities and differences between them.
Well, Talia, you drug him to the right answer as hard as you could. ;-) So, Mississippi and Tennessee have the same state bird? Guess that's okay, seeing as jow both have three sets of double letters. 'Course, Tennessee's are not all consonants, so ours are a bit better. :-) 8-)
Actually the first lung transplant was done in Kentucky by my Grandfather in 1931 during prohibition. It was not successful, and there were parts left over.☹
Yep, pronouncing it the way Adam did just proves he’s an imposter..The fact that his pronunciation made it all the way through editing, that’s even more sketchy..
I'm from Tishomingo, and most people say it something like tish-uh-meen-go... But there is some slight variation in the vowels even for people raised here.
@@wewemcrhyne very true... I'm technically from a community that goes by Mingo, and we call the town Tish (and of course the county is Tishomingo also)... My family always jokes that the place in between should be called 'o'
I'm surprised that Tupelo, Pontotoc, Oktibbeha, or Nettleton weren't on the list because nobody knows how to pronounce those when you call them. Especially Pontotoc I get a kick out of hearing the people on the other end stammering.
