As someone who recently moved to Weir, that odd pronunciation was spot on, especially for jokes based on questions like "Where are you from?" I now can say things like, "How did you know I live there?" Lol😅
As a Mississippian, milk?!? Oh, and for the lightning round having the state tree on there would have been extra hilarious (it's also the magnolia [specifically magnolia grandiflora])
As a fellow Louisiana resident who is from Louisiana, it confused me when they said the magnolia is Mississippi's state flower seeing as it's our state flower too
I was in Mississippi for the first time a few years back. Good times. I was struck, though, by how many people, when finding out I was NOT from MS, increduously asked me, "Why oh why did you come HERE?!" Started to think it was some kind of MS in-joke. Still fun folks!
I once pulled up to a guy in Tupelo and asked directions to Elvis's birthplace. Referring to my out of state license plates, he asked, "You didn't drive all the way down from New Hampshire just to see this, did you?"
Some other fun MS town names are: Keownville, Itta Bena, Gautier, Hushpuckena, Bogue Chitto, Picayune, Saucier, Escatawpa, Sylvarena, Sabougla, Dumas. What's your favorite MS town name?
Tchula is one of my favorites. I worked in Cleveland for a while, but never did learn to say Huspuckena. Grew up in Greenwood so I feel kinda disappointed in myself
Gautier doesn't sound anything like it's spelled, other than the G at the beginning. I highly suspect the original residents spelt it that way to confuse travelers....
My parents live near a road called "Minabukit" I could never figure out why it's spelled "Minnow Bucket" on the sign. We don't mind hurting English either ;)
Gonna have to take a point from Adam's team for the way he butchered the name "Belzoni"...but, since today is his birthday, I guess he can get an extra point.
Beer also wouldn’t be an option b/ there are dry counties splattered throughout MS. You also can’t buy any alcohol whatsoever on Sundays…not even at the gas station or the grocery store. Note: The “song” of how to remember the spelling of Mississippi is actually used in school to make it easier to remember and learn. IDK why
Friendly suggestion? Turn the table 45 degrees to put the corner between 2-person discourse. Any show (!) that does single plane, side-by-side direct interaction... it's super awkward.
I was born in Tahlequah, OK. I always get a chuckle when people mispronounce it. Its actually one of the easier towns to pronounce here in the "Sooner State."
I’m from Toccopola MS (which is close to Yocona) and we pronounce it Yocney 😂 like there’s a Camp Yocona but no one pronounces it ‘Yocona’. It’s Camp Yocney.
It would be cool to actually feature travel destinations in each Southern State or to have panels with people from different Southern States talking about various topics and the similarities and differences between them.
I'm from Tishomingo, and most people say it something like tish-uh-meen-go... But there is some slight variation in the vowels even for people raised here.
@@wewemcrhyne very true... I'm technically from a community that goes by Mingo, and we call the town Tish (and of course the county is Tishomingo also)... My family always jokes that the place in between should be called 'o'
I would love to see how ppl would pronounce some of the place names here in Oregon. Willamette Valley, Yachats, Yaquina Bay, Chemawa (Google maps mispronounces this place), Dechutes River, Champoege Park, Chinook. Many Native American names here for places.
Well, Talia, you drug him to the right answer as hard as you could. ;-) So, Mississippi and Tennessee have the same state bird? Guess that's okay, seeing as jow both have three sets of double letters. 'Course, Tennessee's are not all consonants, so ours are a bit better. :-) 8-)
I'm surprised that Tupelo, Pontotoc, Oktibbeha, or Nettleton weren't on the list because nobody knows how to pronounce those when you call them. Especially Pontotoc I get a kick out of hearing the people on the other end stammering.
@@skydiverclassc2031 LOL. I thought about that after I asked, but I didn't do it. But now that you say that, I remember them saying it. LOL I really should learn to pay more attention.
Near Kosciusko is my hometown Noxapater. Even though not a city, it would be interesting to see if they could pronounce Nanih Waiya (the mother of Choctaw and Chickasaw according to Native America legend).
Yep, pronouncing it the way Adam did just proves he’s an imposter..The fact that his pronunciation made it all the way through editing, that’s even more sketchy..
Not even a Mississippi mud pie or a jar of Tupelo honey for a prize?
Happy Birthday, Adam.
As someone who recently moved to Weir, that odd pronunciation was spot on, especially for jokes based on questions like "Where are you from?" I now can say things like, "How did you know I live there?" Lol😅
As a Mississippian, milk?!? Oh, and for the lightning round having the state tree on there would have been extra hilarious (it's also the magnolia [specifically magnolia grandiflora])
Happy birthday, Adam! I hope there's cake. Or at least nanner pudding.
Milk makes more sense when you realize how big the dairy industry was in Mississippi until the 80's and 90's
Milk??? MILK? It should be sweet tea.
Seriously! I was born and bred in MS and never knew Milk was even an option!
It needs to be Sweet Tea! Sugar with just a small amount of tea flavor
That was my guess
It should be sweet tea. And don’t even like it, but I live in the south.
Weirdly most of the state beverages are milk. I think the dairy industry is behind it.
You know Scottish man has lived here awhile when he said 'where about" on the Oprah question
Happy Birthday Adam! From a lifelong Mississippian!🎉
Thank you!
We're also known as the Hospitality State, but the milk question threw me a bit. I could have sworn it was sweet tea
I guessed Barq's Root Beer.
@@cisium1184 That would make more sense than milk, since it was founded in Biloxi
Sweet tea is south Carolina
Me too. I guessed yea first
I knew it was wrong when they said ice tea instead of sweet tea.
We lived in Jackson for 12 years and I always said the state bird of Mississippi was the mosquito. Those things are everywhere! Lol
Unrelated but fun fact: I actually live in a small town in Louisiana that means mosquito in French
We grow some bigguns here, don't we!!
i have a postcard that says that
I'm from Lake, MS! There are places I've never been in my Native state!😮 We have have an awesome state! The more I learn it's awesome ❤❤❤❤
Same. Hail State.
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I was rooting for the town of “Kosciusko” to be pronounced. Maybe next time. It’s a goody! Happy Birthday Adam!
We have a bridge going into Williamsburg named after a Kosciusko in Brooklyn, NY.
Me too! I just knew Kosciusko was on the list.
I'd like to hear them try to say Pascagoula and Nanih Waiya too
...and isn't it where Oprah is from!? Some of these towns were surprises to this Mississippi native! (but not KoziESkow or BelZOHnuh... :D )
@winstonbarham1982 yes!! She was born in a shack in Kosciusko 💙
Just wanna say thanks for posting so much about Mississippi :D
Happy B-Day Adam. And catfish is just the BEST!!!
Happy birthday! I live in Louisiana, but Mississippi is my home state. That was a good one to watch yall
As a fellow Louisiana resident who is from Louisiana, it confused me when they said the magnolia is Mississippi's state flower seeing as it's our state flower too
@@jcoolguy1548 lol I didn't realize that till you said that.
The REAL nickname is the hospitality state! Why else do you think we are the only state to have a Miss Hospitality Mississippi pageant? 😉😀
Currently on my first trip to Mississippi. Really loving it, and a great time for this video to come out.
I was in Mississippi for the first time a few years back. Good times. I was struck, though, by how many people, when finding out I was NOT from MS, increduously asked me, "Why oh why did you come HERE?!" Started to think it was some kind of MS in-joke. Still fun folks!
I once pulled up to a guy in Tupelo and asked directions to Elvis's birthplace. Referring to my out of state license plates, he asked, "You didn't drive all the way down from New Hampshire just to see this, did you?"
I moved here from southern California 2 years ago and I still get asked that! 😄
When I moved from Dallas to Mississippi, they're still like why?!? I love it here. My family came for my wedding this weekend and they loved it here ❤
i think it kind of is, it’s so rare to meet someone not from ms here unless you’re going to one of the major colleges
Our humor is an offshoot of british humor. Real dry and sardonic lol
A lot of states, including mine (Florida), have the mockingbird as the state bird.
Now you know that the Mosquito 🦟 is our State (Florida) Bird!!! 😊
@@KathySwampQueen Haha. Yes, the unofficial one.
@@KathySwampQueen that's most southern states though
Oprah is from Kosciusko, MS. Morgan Freeman is from Clarksdale, MS. Elvis is from Tupelo, MS.
Kind of fitting that Morgan Freeman is from a town with "Clark" in it's name
Some other fun MS town names are: Keownville, Itta Bena, Gautier, Hushpuckena, Bogue Chitto, Picayune, Saucier, Escatawpa, Sylvarena, Sabougla, Dumas. What's your favorite MS town name?
Pascagoula and Kosciusko are two of my favorites; although my GD Yankee comes out when I pronounce the latter as Kō-SHUSH-Kō.
Scobey. Or Scooba.
Tchula is one of my favorites.
I worked in Cleveland for a while, but never did learn to say Huspuckena. Grew up in Greenwood so I feel kinda disappointed in myself
Gautier doesn't sound anything like it's spelled, other than the G at the beginning. I highly suspect the original residents spelt it that way to confuse travelers....
Toomsuba was always a fun one to give out on the telephone. Just stop trying to figure it out and let me spell it. Hold your horses! (
6:20 Christopher's soul leaving his body as he understands yet again what the Americans have done to transplanted Scottish place names
My parents live near a road called "Minabukit" I could never figure out why it's spelled "Minnow Bucket" on the sign.
We don't mind hurting English either ;)
Gonna have to take a point from Adam's team for the way he butchered the name "Belzoni"...but, since today is his birthday, I guess he can get an extra point.
Cannot believe they did not ask them to pronounce Kosciusko 😂
I came here to say this! It's pronounced bell-zone-ah. No one ever gets it right. Lol!
I know it’s a county, but they should have done Oktibbeha.
@@cardinal1740 that's where I live!!!!
@@cardinal1740hail state :)
Talia is so gorgeous. Always good to see her in bits.
Always fun videos! 👍🏻 And Milk? So odd! But hey drink up Mississippi! Fight that osteoporosis. 🤣
Wow! I’ve lived in MS my whole life and I’ve never heard of some of those towns! 😮
I actually sat down with a glass of milk while watching this video😅 Also, Belzoni= bell-zo-nuh.😊
Happy Birthday Adam
I'm watching on Adam's birthday! Hope it was fabulous!🥳
Happy Birthday, Adam!🎉
One of the most difficult town names is Gautier, which is pronounced Go-Shay.
Beer also wouldn’t be an option b/ there are dry counties splattered throughout MS. You also can’t buy any alcohol whatsoever on Sundays…not even at the gas station or the grocery store.
Note: The “song” of how to remember the spelling of Mississippi is actually used in school to make it easier to remember and learn. IDK why
Happy birthday Adam!!!🎉
Happy birthday Adam ❤
Happy birthday Adam, I'm currently in Meridian, MS since 2 years ago on your birthday.
Living in Lafayette county Ms all my life yocona is actually pronounced yokney.
Yock-knee
There's a Yokena, MS that is pronounced yahk knee
I grew up in biloxi, MS but there are places i have never been
I'm impressed!
here we go! i love these ones!
This is what you get asking a bunch of Alabama folks to host a Mississippi trivia show.
Pachuta & Shubuta are always fun to say together 😂
Tishomingo is pronounced like tisha-mingo with mingo being like bingo
Friendly suggestion? Turn the table 45 degrees to put the corner between 2-person discourse. Any show (!) that does single plane, side-by-side direct interaction... it's super awkward.
Wow! I didn't know I shared a birthday with such a famous celebrity as Adam!!
Happy birthday, Adam!
What? No Kiln in the town section? Happy Birthday Adam!
Happy Birthday Adam!🥳
Happy Birthday, Adam!
The river joke got me. 🤣
Happy birthday Adam! 🎂🎉
OMG!! Christopher is so cute..
I was born in Tahlequah, OK. I always get a chuckle when people mispronounce it. Its actually one of the easier towns to pronounce here in the "Sooner State."
Happy birthday Adam!
A great Happy Birthday to Adam!!!!
I’m from Toccopola MS (which is close to Yocona) and we pronounce it Yocney 😂 like there’s a Camp Yocona but no one pronounces it ‘Yocona’. It’s Camp Yocney.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ADAM!!!🥳
Rhode islands state drink is coffee milk...least we like some flavor 😄
Happy Birthday Adam! I’m a 6/11 too! Welcome to the club, have a sweet tea on me
as a North Carolinian I'd love if y'all did a North Carolina one and I could see how much I get wrong about my own state! lol
It would be cool to actually feature travel destinations in each Southern State or to have panels with people from different Southern States talking about various topics and the similarities and differences between them.
Happy Birthday. I’m from Louisiana but mom was from crystal Springs
Nice, I'm from Louisiana too
New nickname for Mississippi is ‘Da Sipp’… And milk 🥛 really 🤨?!!! Sweet Tea all day
The southern foods got her.
Happy Birthday Adam
I just moved to Mississippi from New Orleans and I love this place but the county I moved to is a dry county , which sucks
Not many of those left in Mississippi
Correction: Jackson is the state CAPITAL. The building is the CAPITOL building.
Hey Adam, hope you are having a happy Happy!
I used to live in Mississippi, and didn't know a lot of that stuff! Fun for me to play along, and I was wrong as much as I was right.
Milk???? What?
Happy birthday Adam! My birthday is next week!
Y'all shoulda did Bogue Chitto for the town names.
Y’all should do more Texas trivia
Then tell the Texas travel board to spend their money!
Mississippi mean she's married to Mrsippi.😁
Y’all I’m from Mississippi and I learned some things from this lol 😂
Happy Birthday Adam!
I'm from Tishomingo, and most people say it something like tish-uh-meen-go... But there is some slight variation in the vowels even for people raised here.
I’ve got family from there and they’ve always called it Tish
@@wewemcrhyne very true... I'm technically from a community that goes by Mingo, and we call the town Tish (and of course the county is Tishomingo also)... My family always jokes that the place in between should be called 'o'
@@JonnyLuscious oh! Cute
They did embarrassingly well. Now - let's quiz Mississippians on Nigeria & Scotland ; )
Happy Birthday Adam.
Who decided our state drink is fresking MILK?!
Hahaha!!! I live on the MS Gulf Coast and I had NO IDEA about some of these things!!! Must be mostly up North MS? ;)
Now I wanna know where y'all are all located in MS... lol!
I would love to see how ppl would pronounce some of the place names here in Oregon. Willamette Valley, Yachats, Yaquina Bay, Chemawa (Google maps mispronounces this place), Dechutes River, Champoege Park, Chinook. Many Native American names here for places.
Well, Talia, you drug him to the right answer as hard as you could. ;-) So, Mississippi and Tennessee have the same state bird? Guess that's okay, seeing as jow both have three sets of double letters. 'Course, Tennessee's are not all consonants, so ours are a bit better. :-) 8-)
Hey guys! They are pronounced Bell-Zone-uh (Belzoni) and Co-Eye-La (Coila). I also always heard our drink was sweet tea 🤷🏻♀️. Good job!
Happy Birthday!
Happy Early Birthday adam!
You forgot to mention Barq’s root beer as a favorite drink
Belzoni- pronounced Bell-Zone-ah. Ha ha.
I came here to say this!
I'm surprised that Tupelo, Pontotoc, Oktibbeha, or Nettleton weren't on the list because nobody knows how to pronounce those when you call them. Especially Pontotoc I get a kick out of hearing the people on the other end stammering.
So what is the state bird?
Northern mockingbird. Yes, I had to look it up.😀
@@skydiverclassc2031 LOL. I thought about that after I asked, but I didn't do it. But now that you say that, I remember them saying it. LOL I really should learn to pay more attention.
The mosquito 🤣
@@bonb213 😆
Y’all better do my state proud
My brother lives there. I wonder how many of these he'd get right. I'm pretty sure he'd pick bourbon as the official drink.
Oprah is from Kosciusko
Should have had Gautier, Biloxi, and Saucier in the town names.
I thought it was coca cola and i live in Mississippi LOL
Our actual state beverage is Barq's root beer.
This should be fun.
Today is June 11th. Happy birthday Adam 🎉🥳🎁🎂❤️
We love our SWEET TEA
They should have used Shuqualak or Kosciusko for the towns. Good luck guessing how to say those town names.
Near Kosciusko is my hometown Noxapater.
Even though not a city, it would be interesting to see if they could pronounce Nanih Waiya (the mother of Choctaw and Chickasaw according to Native America legend).
@@vecarter569 I've been to Noxapater before.
It's pronounced Bel-ZO-na, Adam.
Yep, pronouncing it the way Adam did just proves he’s an imposter..The fact that his pronunciation made it all the way through editing, that’s even more sketchy..
Mississippi gulf coast here or better known as the land mass between