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hifijohn
11-28-2025, 01:27 AM
Im sure this was mentioned before,even though Uncle Bill is supposed to be from Indiana, he pronounces Terre Haute as terra hut, it should be pronounced terra hoe-t.

Kermit T Frog
12-08-2025, 10:57 PM
I thought it was a made up place until just recently. Never heard of Terre Haute until I watched the show.

biffbronson
12-09-2025, 10:56 AM
I'm from northern Indiana and I've never heard anyone say "hut," just the French "haute." Terre Haute is way down south and means "High Ground."

I don't know if it's pronounced 'hut' in the south; there are lots of very different aspects of living in the southern part of the state, close to Kentucky. A Canadian recently made fun of Terre Haute drivers' struggles in the snow and ice -- and lack of plowing & road salt, but he's too dumb to realize they rarely get much accumulating snow down there.

stevea
12-09-2025, 12:45 PM
I grew up in the Philadelphia area--south New Jersey--and there it's pronounced haut--rhyme with ought.

Bad show research--and Brian Keith surely didn't know how to say it right.

I know people from there, and as far as I know they say hote.