The hottest spot north of (um how do you pronounce that?)

[Mr Hero]

Several miles west of where I work is a street that crosses the street our address is on. It's usally this street that gets its name mangled, and not the street that's the subject of our story.

The street in question is Havana. The lady on the phone was asking for directions and said she was at XXX and Ha, um how do you say it, HAVE-a-nuh? I tried to correct her, but she kept saying it wrong through out the call.

[ralerin]

"Have a nuh?"

"I'm sorry there is no street by that name. Please try it again. The correct name is HAVANA."

"WHY THE HELL DO YOU MEAN IT'S NOT HAVE-A-NUH?"

"i'm sorry there is no street by that name..."

Lather, rinse, repeat...

[hinakiba777]

My hometown is "(blank)town" but people keep pronouncing it "(blank)ton". Most people don't know my town exists, but when you mispronounce the name it gets much more confusing.

Though i really don't see how someone can mispronounce Havana so badly. >.<

[Mr Hero]

After looking up the lyrics, I realized my topic title is wrong. It should be north, not south.

[hinakiba777]

After looking up the lyrics, I realized my topic title is wrong. It should be north, not south.

If I don't get this soung out of my head soon hero I will be very upset with you. "Her name was Lola, she was a show girl" >.<

[Exaspera]

Not really a bad earworm, though. Better than "It's a Small World." Just sayin'.

[RetailWorkhorse]

If I don't get this soung out of my head soon hero I will be very upset with you. "Her name was Lola, she was a show girl" >.<

With yellow feathers in her hair and a dress cut down to there....

Not really a bad earworm, though. Better than "It's a Small World." Just sayin'.

.....DAMMIT! *Shakes fist in Exaspera's general direction*

[hinakiba777]

...now it's a medly of both songs. And This song

[Mr Hero]

I wonder if my title had "north" all along, or if a mod kindly ninja'd the title for me.

[hinakiba777]

I wonder if my title had "north" all along, or if a mod kindly ninja'd the title for me.

They ninjaed it. I remember it clearly saying South.

[Cazzi]

Could be worse, could be this one (possibly NSFW)

*hides*

[ArcticChicken]

And This song

The worst part is, when I clicked on the link? I knew it would be an earworm. Then, when I heard the first few notes, I knew even more that it would be an earworm. Yet, I listened to the whole thing. I think I may go listen to it again.

Why do I hate myself?

[Magpie]

Not really a bad earworm, though. Better than "It's a Small World." Just sayin'.

I was trying to get "Animal Fair" out of my head the other day, so my husband suggested "It's a Small World". I have actually managed to forget some of the lyrics to the second verse. And my husband said he never knew them in the first place!

[protege]

Though i really don't see how someone can mispronounce Havana so badly.

You'd be surprised

When I first started working, my boss was constantly going on about how the office was near Baum Blvd. Except, when he'd tell people that the street was "Bowum," which meant people were constantly going Even worse, when he started correcting the *locals* to pronounce it that way, and then refusing to believe the rest of us (who have lived here for years) that it's not pronounced "Bomb." Never mind that a certain Dodge dealer said their address about 52 times per commercial...we were all wrong

[Treasure]

Ok, here's some for where i live :

Austin is weird. We all know that.....

Its pronounced "AWS-TIN". It doesn't matter how they say it in other places

Forget the traffic rules you have learned else where. Austin has its own set of traffic rules. There is no book about them. All you can do is hope you'll survive to learn them!

All directions start with "Go down Mopac......cause you don't want to get on I-35" No one knows for sure what "Mopac" means unless you live here.

Burnet Road, Braker Lane, and Lamar Blvd. have no beginning and no end.

The 8:00 am rush hour is from 6:30 am to 9:30 am. The 5:00 pm rush hour is from 3:30 pm to 7:15 pm. Friday's rush hour starts on Thursday morning

If you actually stop at a yellow light, then you cannot be from Austin. You may only apply your brakes when the end of a yellow lights and the beginning of the red light create a burnt-orange hue. This is Longhorn Country, after all.

If moisture is detemined to be rain, and not sweat, all traffic must immediately come to a halt, ditto for a flat tire 3 lanes over and a female UT student applying eye shadow across the street.

DO NOT attempt to access any road after an apocalyptic event like snow, SXSW, construction on I-35 or 183. This is a way of life, so just get over it.

Manchaca is pronounced "MAN-shack"

Manor is pronounced "MAY-ner"

DON'T pronounce the "E" at the end of Guadalupe. It's "Gwada-LOOP" and we like it that way!!

Burnet Road is pronounced "Burn-IT" NOT "Burn-ET" (Its Burn-it, durn it, learn it!)

Del Valle is pronounced Dell Valley

And yes, we ALL know that there is a man wearing a lace dress and a tiara on Congress Ave. His name is Leslie and he probably makes more $ than you do (surely you have a homeless, celebrity drag queen that likes to run for mayor where you live, too, right???)

****and you wonder why there are so many "Keep Austin Weird" bumper stickers, right?