Talk:Houston, British Columbia

Ian Bush?
Should the Ian Bush incident in Houston be covered (or at least mentioned) here? - 70.71.155.24 01:12, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
 * IMO no, simply based on precedents here for other communities re: suspected police misconducts, deaths in custody, etc. This is debatable, granted, as with any question of newsworthy items that should or shouldn't be associated with a particular town or city or even mentioned on the site. Someone would have to spend some time researching and writing up article for the whole incident in order for it to be even be considered for inclusion as a mention with Houston--Keefer4 08:58, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Oh Noes!!!Eleven!!1!
Someone forgotted a perieod. 167.1.126.100 02:32, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Pronunciation
Huustn? Hyuustn? Haustn? Something else? Tama1988 (talk) 10:37, 13 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Good question, I've wondered it myself...I've heard the usual Texas-style "Hyuustn" in newscasts in recent years (wth a shorter vowel than American-style though), but that doesn't mean much (they mispronounce placenames close to Vancouver too...); and younger people or more newly-arrived people in Houston. I think maybe 20-30 years ago it was "Haustn" but I don't know anybody from there to check; there's no comment in BCGNIS on it (sometimes there is, with some placenames).Skookum1 (talk) 14:33, 13 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes, the pronunciation of placenames can change. Thank you for racking your brains; I've tried here. Tama1988 (talk) 09:48, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

In this edit, we learned:


 * this video has the mayor of Houston, the fire chief, and a reporter for Houston Today pronouncing it in the British style, i.e. hyoostun or in IPA /'hjustən/. --Maltelauridsbrigge (talk) 00:15, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

My thanks to Maltelauridsbrigge! Tama1988 (talk) 06:25, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
 * that it's cited now is great, but I must re-note that the modern pronunciation vs the original one is still dubious and yet to be fully established; i.e. all those named are modern inhabitants (the reporterk, though for the local paper, would likeliy hyave been paachuted in there from somewhere else in the newspaper-monopolies' chain. And like most small BC towns most of teh population is from somewhere else, originally... how Houston was pronounced when it was founded/named remains debatable, though probably uncitable.  But jsut to add it's odd to hear that /'hjustən/ is the British pronunciation rather than the Texan; I'd thought the "British" one would be /'haustən/ but I guess that's New York/New England only.  AFAIK Houston BC was named for a John- Jim? - Houston, a 19th C. entrepreneur extraordinaire in various parts of BC (like so many)...I'm not sure but I think he was American; I know one of his decendants I'll check with her about that.  There were so many Americans in early BC that they constituted a palpable ethnic group; many many of them Southerners, siuch that in some partso f hte Interior there's a decidedly twangy drawl...don't know about up in the Ominieca (where Houston is); not that that affects this pronounciation issue, just commenting on your styling /'hjustən/ "British"...a bit ironic, perhaps.  Atlhough 'tis rue that Southern US dialects are closely related to British dialects....Skookum1 (talk) 14:23, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

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