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FakeNoose

(35,657 posts)
Fri Sep 13, 2024, 12:20 PM Sep 13

PA Trivia: How do you pronounce the second word in Bala Cynwyd?

How do you pronounce the second word in Bala Cynwyd?

A. Kin-wood
B. Sin-wood
C. Sin-wid
D. Sine-wide

I know, and I will post it later. But first I want to find out how many other Pennsylvanians know the answer. As you can see on this Wikipedia map, Bala Cynwyd is a small town in Montgomery County, close to Philly.



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PA Trivia: How do you pronounce the second word in Bala Cynwyd? (Original Post) FakeNoose Sep 13 OP
A. N/T Farmgirl1961 Sep 13 #1
That's correct FakeNoose Sep 13 #5
A BlueTsunami2018 Sep 13 #2
I can't answer that FakeNoose Sep 13 #4
Don't know how it's pronounced in PA. Dale in Laurel MD Sep 13 #3
Yes the correct answer is "A" FakeNoose Sep 13 #7
E. Philly. twodogsbarking Sep 13 #6
Good one FakeNoose Sep 13 #8
None of the above!!! apcalc Sep 13 #9
A is NOT the answer. It is Kinwid. apcalc Sep 13 #10
That's not right, though Sugarcoated Sep 13 #12
No! I am from the Philly area. Are you? It is KINWID apcalc Sep 13 #13
Just checked with my Philly native spouse... it's Kinwid. apcalc Sep 13 #14
Just checked with my Philly born and raised husband Sugarcoated Sep 13 #15
He just got back to me Sugarcoated Sep 13 #16
A is NOT the answer!!! It is kinwid. apcalc Sep 13 #11
Its both Sugarcoated Sep 13 #17

FakeNoose

(35,657 posts)
4. I can't answer that
Fri Sep 13, 2024, 12:31 PM
Sep 13

But I live in Pittsburgh and not many of us are frequent visitors to the other side of the state.

I've heard it pronounced "Sin-wid" and "Sine-wide" by people who have never been there.

Yes you're correct ... it's pronounced "Sin-wood".

Dale in Laurel MD

(751 posts)
3. Don't know how it's pronounced in PA.
Fri Sep 13, 2024, 12:27 PM
Sep 13

In Welsh I would pronounce it approximately KUN-wud, where "u" is pronounced at in "put." (In the list above "A" is closest.)

Sugarcoated

(8,099 posts)
12. That's not right, though
Fri Sep 13, 2024, 01:15 PM
Sep 13

People from the Philly area, the people that live in Bala Cynwyd pronounce it Kinwood

Sugarcoated

(8,099 posts)
15. Just checked with my Philly born and raised husband
Fri Sep 13, 2024, 04:37 PM
Sep 13

Showed him the name and asked him to read it. He said Bala Kinwood. I've lived in Philly, and just outside of the city, northwest suburbs 15 minutes from Bala Cynwyd for 35 years. Everybody around here, and in the City Line Avenue where Bala Cynwyd is, pronounces it wood, not wid. The guy that plays violin with me grew up in Bala Cynwyd, I'm going to text him and ask him how he pronounces it

Sugarcoated

(8,099 posts)
16. He just got back to me
Fri Sep 13, 2024, 04:43 PM
Sep 13

Said he's heard ot pronounced both ways but rare to hear it pronounced wid. He pronounces it wood as do most people here in Philly area and the NW suburbs

Sugarcoated

(8,099 posts)
17. Its both
Fri Sep 13, 2024, 05:06 PM
Sep 13

But wood is how most Philly people pronounce it. Honestly, having lived in the Philly metro area since 1971, moved to Philly in 83, I've never heard kin so I asked the guy who plays violin behind me, and good friend who grew up in Bala Cynwyd. He said he's heard people pronounce it kin but its not the norm. Just an aside: He went to the same HS as Josh Shapiro

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