Tucson Arizona

[SteveD]

What is the reason that Tucson is pronounced "Tooson" and not "Tukson"?

[VINNY100_2]

The name Tucson comes via Spanish from the O'odham, Cuk Ṣon (pronounced [ʧʊk ʂɔn]; roughly, "chuk shon"), meaning "Black Base," a reference to the mostly volcanic mountains on the west side Variations in the pronunciation of the city's name are fairly common, as the vowel in the second syllable is often indistinct or omitted altogether (as in /ˈtusn̩/). A comical, intentional mispronunciation of /ˈtʌksn̩/ is also occasionally encountered. The city is often misspelled as "Tuscon" by non-locals, and local residents may pronounce it this way in jest.
if you can make head or tail of that steve...good luck(:)

[SteveD]

AB doesn't seem to like the font you've used for the (presumably) phonetic alphabet.

Did you know the facts about pronounciation or did you find a web site somewhere?

[VINNY100_2]

here

[Quizmonkey]

The IPA symbols display perfectly on my screen, Vinny.

[jno]

for what it's worth the phonetic symbols work on my screen in the Wikipedia article, but not in Vinny's post, even though he's cut and pasted it. I don't understand my computer... anyway, definitely O'odham!

[VINNY100_2]

Very strange...whistle's the tune to the x-files(:)

[ianess]

For the same reason that cough,bough,through,thorough and although are pronounced the way they are?
Dough!!