<p>OK, here’s another thread to add to the thread count.
Is “Dartmouth” pronounced more as:
a) Dart-mith
b) Dart-myth
c) Dart-muth
d) depends on regional accent, any of the options are ok as long as you don’t pronounce it Dart-mowth.</p>
<p>I think I heard some variations on it when I was at Dimensions, I was wondering if there is an official pronunciation?</p>
<p>I say DARTmyth</p>
<p>what’s the difference between -mith and -myth? i say them exactly the same…</p>
<p>-myth is like pimp
-mith is like mice</p>
<p>oooooooooh. yeah that makes a lot more sense. or is it THE OTHER WAY AROUND?</p>
<p>in any case, who would say dart-meye-th? that sounds like a disease.</p>
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<p>you just blew my mind.</p>
<p>haha, i try.</p>
<p>sonicyouth, I pronounce it the same way. I hadn’t thought of ‘mith’ as mice, I was thinking of it as pretty similar to ‘myth’ just slightly…different, with a little more emphasis, a little more ‘up’. Or maybe the difference is just in my head…</p>
<p>I’ve only heard Dart-myth and i go here. And i say myth not like a pimp but rather “that’s not true, that’s a myth”. That’s how most people say it around here.
But my vote goes for D, depends where you’re from as long as you don’t say -mouth or like a stuck-up WASP saying “Dahtmoth”.</p>
<p>I live in rural Tennessee. No one here knows what Dartmouth is, let alone how to pronounce it (except for newo b/c he’s from like 1.5 hrs from me). I have heard the following:</p>
<pre><code> “DartMOWTH”
“Dartsmouth”
</code></pre>
<p>The latter really got me laughing. Oh well, I’ll see you all in the fall at Dartmouth, no matter how you pronounce it.</p>
<p>I say it “Dart-meth.”</p>
<p>oh hell yes.</p>
<p>i’m totally going to start pronouncing it “dahtmoth”</p>
<p>
Haha, me too, sonicyouth! It can be a pseudo-stuck-up-WASP extravaganza! </p>
<p>The real question is, why am I on here when my term paper is due tomorrow and I have my calc exam? Yeahhh… best of luck to y’all on your AP tests!</p>
<p>Funny, my best friend cut the “DART” off his car’s window sticker so it just said “MOUTH”.</p>
<p><< It can be a pseudo-stuck-up-WASP extravaganza! >></p>
<p>lol, except i’m about as far from WASP as can possibly be. in fact i am none of the above.</p>
<p>I get made fun of for being WASPy from time to time, but I’m not stuck-up. Promise! </p>
<p>[here’s where I try to make a witty comment about all of us being in a Dart-MOTH pseudo-WASP club and just fail… so you can use your imagination and come up with one on your own]</p>