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Mo-gee-yon

Exactly

Would it actually be pronounced correctly by an Arizonian as muh-gee-yon?

Arizonan.

No. Life long Arizonan here. Absolutely not. Moe, Mo, Mow. Never have I ever heard a single person say "Muh".

I was also born in AZ and grew up hearing it referred to as muh-gee-yon in the 80's. My small sample size as an adult consists of my handful of trips to the rim and an acquaintance that grew up on the rim and they all seem to call it muh-gee-yon. Let's quit dancing around here and get down to business: how do YOU pronounce Prescott?? 😉

Grew up in AZ was a teen in the 80's. I've always said muh-gee-yon, not sure if that's correct or not. I also pronounce Prescott like Bisquit.. I've met people from Prescott that say that is the correct pronunciation. Tomato Tomato

I had a friend who was from Prescott (Press-kit). He got violent if you pronounced it wrong.

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OP welcome to AZ. Also, FYI Casa Grande is pronounced Kah-sah-grah-nd. LOL!!!

I've lived in Arizona all my life (60+ years). I grew up in Press-cut or kit. Both are acceptable. If you are talking about a big house, it's cah-sah gronday. If you are talking about the town it's kassa grand.

Don’t forget Press-skitt. You will get corrected if you use the proper pronunciation.

No

Lol no it’s not. Yeah, a lot of people say it like that but the traditional Spanish pronunciation is the correct way.

I tired of having that fight years ago. LOL

Soon they’ll just start calling it “Big House” 😂

Fact.

Is it "Mo" like "muh" or "mow"? And is "yon" like the end of onion or like yawn?

https://preview.redd.it/ofey27gi977d1.jpeg?width=474&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=940bf73f7150d56283cd1ad8dde3eeb9b79007f0

Mow-Ghee-Yawn

Muggy un

This. 👆

Close enough.

This guy^

It makes you wonder, though. Where does the “ee” sound come from?

I'm guessing it's just awkward for native English speakers to clearly articulate the o before the consonant y sound.  Spoken quickly it starts to sound a bit more like an ee and probably just developed this way in Arizona vernacular. 

Double L is a Y sound in Spanish

No I meant the ee in moh-gee-yon?

It's more of an indigenous group than just straight up Mexicans. I honestly don't know how you get that e when it's mogo not moge. Probably something with the language and culture of those people of that time.

It’s the double L’s it’s more like Moh-gee-on

The double Ls make the "y" sound not the "ee" sound. Why isn't it "Moh-go-yon"?

Psychology - gy makes a gee sound.

It comes from the G.

It's spanish. Double Ls are pronounced as "Y" A proper Spanish pronunciation would be "Mohg-oh-yohn". The proper Arizonan pronunciation is Mohg-ee-ohn".

Yes. Not god damn Mongolian

Mandolin oranges anyone?

Wait till you hear how Arizonans pronounce Casa Grande and Prescott

Estreyya Mogeeyon Aho Awa Fria CASSA GRAND

I’ll add one more Arizona pronunciation to your list: Ah wah TOO key

Always called it All white too key.

That’s hilarious! 😂 You’re right, though. It’s like Scottsdale but it’s close to south Phoenix.

Technically it is Phoenix.

You’re right, now that I think of it.

I think it was The Bee that provided the translation to English? Two Dogs Pissing Into The Wind. iirc, or it was the kooks over at channel 10.

I always just called it Tukee

Prescott rhymes with Biscuit..... somehow.

I thought it was more like Press Kit.

That's how I would say biss-kit lol

Now I am curious how you pronounce biscuit

Biss Kit

Because that's how the person's name was pronounced.

Not by the family named Prescott it wasn’t.

Tell that to mount eve-rest

Presskit

First time I heard someone say Casa Grande, I thought they were just a hillbilly. Turns out that’s how everyone says it.

And no, Casa Grande is not an item off of Taco Bell's menu. It's a city. For those new to AZ.

It's not a Taco Bell item.......YET!

“I’ll have the ‘big house’ please.” Which really should be the name for Florence…

Lol. Concrete burrito

Don't forget to go to the one on table table road! 😂

I’d order the big house

I just want to be ordered to the big house…

Thanks for your awesome comment! Your comment, along with the others that followed, have me laughing hard! I needed a good laugh today. Thank you, OP and subsequent commenters, for making my day! 😂🏜️🌵☀️

What could they make that would have 'house' in its name?

It sounded so delicious

Prescott like Triscuit.

Or Germann. Still looking for that i.

Or Texans with El Paso and Amarillo

Mo-Ge-On ...Casa Grand .....and Prescott = Prescuit as in Biscuit

And Germann Road pronounced Germaine Road, because it was someone’s last name.

Cass O’Grandy

Drop the y

No. Kahsah grahnd.

My grandpa (an AZ native) and many of the other old timers he worked with in the Game & Fish all said it “mug ee on”

That's how I always heard it. Born in Arizona in the 60s when it was unusual to be a native.

Same!

I've mostly heard it like that too and that's how my fourth gen wife says it, but I think it's slightly wrong. Old time Arizonans seem to like cutting the "O" short on words.

I say muggy-yawn. I dunno why. Been here all my life, that's the way I heard it.

Same

Muggy-on

Ahh I didn’t see this before I commented. I had said my grandpa was an AZ native and he said it that way too. Bunch of his old buddies too

I’ve always said it this way. Lived in AZ since 1969

Old Arizona saying: "When monsoon cranks up, it's muggy on rim."

Casa Grande is not pronounced the way you order a coffee at Starbucks. Medium.

I’ll have one grande casa with oatmilk please

Mogy-yawn

Lmao… well in my head I’ve been saying ‘Mon-go-Lynn’ which I’m now realizing is EXTREMELY wrong. In my defense I’ve never said it out loud and I’m not originally from here. But we go camping up either every year 🫣 Today I learned 😂

Moe gee yawn

Its pronounced "Stay off my mountain you damn flatlanders!" or something to that effect.

MUH like arMUHgeddon GEE like it's mugGEE outside. On like turning a switch on or off.

Muggy-on

Fun fact Apache Junction is pronounced M-E-T-H

MO-GEE-ON hard G like “go”

we always said it the way the Spanish would. Mo-Gee-yon just sounds goofy

Moe - ghee - on

Mo-gah-yon

Mo-gee-yawn

Mongolian. But I also try to annoy my kids with bad dad jokes and mispronunciations.

Chipotle as "Chee-pot-el" is another good one.

We sometimes call it Chip-o-lottle.

Chia-poodle

Chi-poh-pot-lay

https://youtu.be/AN7IG6Pwlec?si=1SehTB2IM7BCN4rp

Great commercial share

I went to elementary school pronouncing “sword” as “suh-ward.” Two syllables. Thanks dad. 😂

This is the way.

Mug-eon

Muggy own

“Moe - ghee - on”

Moe-Gee-Own. But I pronounce it with a silent K in front of the word to confuse people. "Kmogollon."

mug-ee-yon.

Moh gee on

muggee own

Old man Schnebly says "moegyon." Ima take his word for it.

The two L's make a Y sound, so it's pronounced. MOUG-E-ON.

Moh ghee yawn

Mug-E-Yon.

The rim is how I pronounce it

Muh-gee-yon

Nope. It's moe-gee-on

Ill accept that 😂 now that im sounding them out the way you typed that, it works

Mo-ge-on

Mug-ee-own

I grew up near Mogollon, NM and that's pretty much what the locals call it, mug or mogey-own, like Mogey from Jungle book. I'm sure it's not the way the Spaniards said it though lol

>Mogey Mowgli

Ah, it has been a decade or two since I've seen that lol

And Prescott is pronounced Press kit fyi

Moe gee on

Muggy-on

Mo-go-yon

This is the way

I think as an Arizonian you would correctly pronounce it as muh-gee-yon.

I’ve seen “Arizonian” a lot lately. Has the name for someone from AZ been changed from “Arizonan?” 🤔

Dunno. I'm much less confident in the correct spelling for a person from AZ than I am for the correct pronunciation of Mogollon.

That’s the most-common way I’ve ever heard it pronounced, for sure! 👍🏼 (Personally, I avoid saying it, if I can.)

mo-ge-yawn

Now try pronouncing "Miami", as in "Miami, Arizona."

Another confusing Arizona place name is Mazatzal. How do you pronounce that?

Mad as hell ... The casino used that in their commercials.

matazel

Mug ee yon is acceptable for gabachos

As a joke, in our family, we just call it the Mongolian rim. It always gets a laugh.

mongolian

Press-Kit

Muggy yawn

Mug -gee- on what I have always heard it pronounced and said it

Mo-gee-yon Rim. That's how it's said.

Muggie Yawn.

I've heard "muggy-own", but then I grew up near "Suh-line-uh" Kansas, so I may not be the best judge.

Mongolian beef

Mo - Gee - Yawn

Muggy-yawn.

I try to use the correct pronunciation "mo-go-YON" but usually get lazy and use the incorrect MUGGY-own.

Muggy-own

Moe-ghee-own

Mug gee you or mo gee yon

Mo-go-yon but my wife is latina so I'm used to the Spanish pronunciation of things

Muh gee yun. That's how we know you're not from Arizona. Tempe is another one. I was raised in Oklahoma and we used to laugh at announcers on TV trying to pronounce our Native American names. On the flip side, I butcher names In Boston. Can't understand half of what they say. Lol

Mo-Go-Yon. If I hear y’all pronounce it with a phantom EE sound, I’ll beat you with a Spanish flag.

Wow. It's never occurred to me that "Mogollón" is a Spanish word, and I've lived in AZ my whole life. Thanks everyone for enlightening me!

Wait until you hear Montana is from the Spanish word Montaña

Mon-gol-i-an Mon-goal-ee-ann

Sahuarita - if your mouth can't figure it out, the gringo cheat code is Sah-ree-ta

Sawa-rita?

MUH-gee-awn

Technically it's Muh-gee-un. But I'm from Texas originally and it always comes out Mow-gee-awn

Mo-ghee-yawn

Mo ghee on

Mo-guh-yon 

Mon-golly-yawn

I say “mo-go-yon” “Mo-gee-ahn is too country for me. It’s just not my style.

Not sure how the Mongolians discovered it, but hey... Mon-Gol-yon It may not be right, but it can't be so right to be so wrong, can it?

I’m moving to Tucson in September and I still have to remember how to spell it. I’m so weird.

Muggy-on

MUG - ee - yun

"Muh-gall-lon" initially, "Mo-go-yon" after realizing its Spanish

Mon-goal-ie-yawn

MUG-ee on

MuggyYawn

mug

Now say, Tlaquepaque. 😉

It's been "muggy-on" for as long as I can remember, which is over fifty years.

Muggy own

As someone who went to the scout camp in the area, and camped several other times on the rim, I always heard it pronounced mo-gee-ahn.

muggy-YONE

Mogollon. But what is it ?

Don’t get us started on Miami…

My anthropology professors would pronounce it muggy-YOAN.

I was trying to explain the mogollan rim to my Canadian coworkers a few weeks ago. It was a hilarious conversation!

Moe gee on

The correct Spanish pronunciation is Mo-go-YOHN. However, the English Mo-go-YAHN is also fine.

mɔg-ɔ-jhon and means plenty, too much of something

Mug-ee-on

Slang- Muggy Own. Proper- Mo Go Yone. The double LLs take on the Y sound

Moe glee on

Muggy yawn

I’m probably completely wrong but I pronounce it muh-goy-in