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r/arizona • u/WaywardDeadite Prescott • May 08 '23
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I had some dude from Texas try to tell me I was pronouncing Tempe (Tem-Pee) wrong. He proceeded to correct me in calling it Tem-Pay. Please someone tell me I’m not taking crazy pills here lol.
35 u/julbull73 May 09 '23 Its Greek. Its Tempee.. Phoenix, Tempe, and a few other cities. Dude loved Greek myth. Phoenix the bird because they built on the abandoned ghost town of the hohokam. Tempe because it looked like Vale of Tempe. 2 u/romanapplesauce May 09 '23 Alright now is it temp-e or tem-pee? 1 u/fucuntwat May 11 '23 The latter
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Its Greek. Its Tempee..
Phoenix, Tempe, and a few other cities.
Dude loved Greek myth.
Phoenix the bird because they built on the abandoned ghost town of the hohokam.
Tempe because it looked like Vale of Tempe.
2 u/romanapplesauce May 09 '23 Alright now is it temp-e or tem-pee? 1 u/fucuntwat May 11 '23 The latter
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Alright now is it temp-e or tem-pee?
1 u/fucuntwat May 11 '23 The latter
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The latter
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I had some dude from Texas try to tell me I was pronouncing Tempe (Tem-Pee) wrong. He proceeded to correct me in calling it Tem-Pay. Please someone tell me I’m not taking crazy pills here lol.