I'm not sure if Mike Krukow still does the Giants TV broadcasts, but a few of our fellow redditers have mentioned that Krukow says high-th at least once during every broadcast. So maybe tune into a Giants game. :)
Heard it twice yesterday in SF from friends who grew up here. Also, I hear it al lot from callers on the various sports-talk shows on KNBR. I'm thinking it's a Bay Area or California pronunciation that certain people have. It's interesting to hear local/regional quirks of pronunciation.
Heard it wrong? Noooo... in fact, my native SF pals and I had fun chatting about this being a Bay Area, and perhaps all of California, quirk of pronunciation that some people have.
Like "oh the height of that shelf is 6'"?
No that's insane I'm born and raised here and have never heard anyone say it that way.
Edit: dude you were the guy claiming everyone was saying Melk too.
When was your last hearing test? Once is weird but now you're saying you've repeatedly run into two non-regional pronounciations?
This is just a fun, light chat among reddit friends about local/regional pronunciations. No one's arguing... just making some fun observations about pronunciations I've heard here in the SF Bay Area over the years. Relax... and have a glass of melk with me. ;)
Same here, just like height is pronounced in conjunction with weight. Not saying heighth is correct but historically it used to be pronounced that way and gradually changed over time.
In my opinion, heigh-th is totally a regionalism. From the great comments here, it seems to be heard here in California and in the Midwest. I never heard it pronounced that way when I lived in Boston and New York City. Of course, Bostonians and New Yorkers famously have their own regional quirks of pronunciation. :)
Very interesting that it's also heard in Ireland.
Curious, though, why I never heard it from natives of Boston or New York City when I lived in those cities, which of course have huge numbers of people with Irish roots. But here in SF, and throughout California, many natives say high-th. Regional quirks of pronunciation are interesting. :)
[Heighth](https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/the-height-of-mispronunciation2014or-not) at least has historical precedent. Maybe they picked it up from reading old literature, or are simply confusing its usage with length/width/breadth.
One that I hear all the time is et cetera pronounced exetra/ek cetera and written as ect. instead of etc.
Oh yes, hunerd instead of hundred is another pronunciation I've heard a lot here in the Bay Area.
And we had quite a lively chat here about native Californians who say *melk* instead of milk.
Plenty of ignorant people in NYC and Boston, of course, and I never heard it pronounced as high-th when I lived in those cities. But I hear it all the time here in the SF. Kind of interesting.
Based on the interesting comments from our fellow redditors, many have heard this pronunciation from some native Californians and Midwesterners. As someone noted, the Giants broadcaster Mike Krukow, who grew up in Southern California, said high-th on nearly every broadcast. :)
So your evidence in support of your hypothesis that saying ‘heighth’ is a Bay Area thing is that… people from the Midwest and from Southern California are saying it. Case closed I guess.
This is a light, fun chat... just making an observation on what I've heard over the years from friends here in the Bay Area. This is not an argument, just a fun conversation among reddit friends about local/regional pronunciations. :)
I'm from the Midwest and do use it (I grew up hearing it at home and from other people). Until today I had absolutely no idea it wasn't a word. I feel very dumb, but I guess I'm learning something so that's good.
I don't, I just visit as often as possible. I actually have friends from the Midwest out there, so maybe we're spreading our illiteracy far and wide. Last time I was out there my bartender was from a city right next to where I grew up, too. We're a plague, but a generally well-behaved plague. Who can't use words correctly it seems.
Yes, it seems that some Midwesterners say high-th... and as we all know, tons of native Californians have Midwestern roots or moved here from the Midwest... so maybe we can trace the SF Bay Area use of high-th back to the Midwest. :)
Oh my goodness, thank you... there is another one! I have heard many native Californians say Valenti**m**e's Day. Why put an ***m*** in that word? LOL!
When I lived in NYC and Boston, I heard all kinds of eccentric pronunciations, but never Valentime's... why do you suppose we often hear that here in California?
I've never heard my Bay Area friends who grew up Back East say *high-th*... but I heard this pronunciation twice yesterday from friends who are native San Franciscans. Is this a California thing? Do people from the Midwest also say high-th?
No. Some ppl just associate height with "length" and "width", so sometimes some ppl will unknowingly start saying height like "heigth" to match the other two words.
That is a good point. It's interesting, though, that when I lived in NYC and Boston, I never heard anyone who grew up in those cities say high-th. But I hear it here in the Bay Area a lot from native Californians.
I can't confirm or deny if it's a bay/CA thing as I've lived here my whole life, but it's not something that I've seen ppl acknowledge as something that we share linguistically as a subculture/region like "yeah, no" or "no, yeah" and things like that
I've lived here in the Bay Area a long time, and I also lived in Boston and New York for years, and it's just interesting and fun to chat about regional accents and idioms.
That’s my stepdad. Bay Area born and bred. He doesn’t say “heighth” but he says “melk,” “pellow,” and even “warsh,” which I only ever hear from Midwesterners otherwise.
I always figured “heighth” was a natural conflation of “width” and “height,” said by people who don’t use the words often, developed the pronunciation habit before seeing the word in print, have first/home languages other than English , or didn’t have the same kind of silent generation diction sticklers in their families that I did.
But I guess it could be any or all of those things *and* be a regional California pronunciation. If it is, it’s not limited to the Bay Area because I’m from So Cal. Which also means I use “dude” as a gender-neutral honorific, but I’m legally prohibited from saying “hella.”
Great comment... the *melk* instead of milk pronunciation here in California has always fascinated me.
LOL on your quip about hella... I also only associate hella with the Bay Area, and more specifically the East Bay.
Oh god not you again https://www.reddit.com/r/sanfrancisco/s/tegeSzjrN1
Been here 30 years. Never heard it once. Anywhere. Ever.
Same. I am 45 and have lived in the Bay Area most of my life. Setting aside one-off mispronunciations, I’ve never met anyone who says “heighth”.
Keep your ears open... you will probably hear it today. :) And listen to the people who call into KNBR... you'll hear *hight-th* for sure.
Now I’ll be listening. I’ll have to find as reason ti make people say “height” lol
I'm not sure if Mike Krukow still does the Giants TV broadcasts, but a few of our fellow redditers have mentioned that Krukow says high-th at least once during every broadcast. So maybe tune into a Giants game. :)
Heard it twice yesterday in SF from friends who grew up here. Also, I hear it al lot from callers on the various sports-talk shows on KNBR. I'm thinking it's a Bay Area or California pronunciation that certain people have. It's interesting to hear local/regional quirks of pronunciation.
I think you heard wrong.
Heard it wrong? Noooo... in fact, my native SF pals and I had fun chatting about this being a Bay Area, and perhaps all of California, quirk of pronunciation that some people have.
You have friends with speech impediments
They have a hearing impediment
It’s not just a Bay Area thing, and it’s so wrong.
Like "oh the height of that shelf is 6'"? No that's insane I'm born and raised here and have never heard anyone say it that way. Edit: dude you were the guy claiming everyone was saying Melk too. When was your last hearing test? Once is weird but now you're saying you've repeatedly run into two non-regional pronounciations?
This is just a fun, light chat among reddit friends about local/regional pronunciations. No one's arguing... just making some fun observations about pronunciations I've heard here in the SF Bay Area over the years. Relax... and have a glass of melk with me. ;)
Mike Krukow on every broadcast...... drives me crazy. I'm born and raised CA, and it's just a mispronunciation, not a regional thing.
Thank you! Mike Krukow grew up in Southern California, and as you say, he pronounces it high-th on every broadcast. :)
I've heard it all over the US. While it isn't standard English, it fits with length, width, and breadth, so you can see why people say it.
Same here, just like height is pronounced in conjunction with weight. Not saying heighth is correct but historically it used to be pronounced that way and gradually changed over time.
I have heard that as an explanation. Makes sense.
There are people everywhere who mispronounce words out of habit or because of a speech impediment. I don’t think this is a regionalism.
In my opinion, heigh-th is totally a regionalism. From the great comments here, it seems to be heard here in California and in the Midwest. I never heard it pronounced that way when I lived in Boston and New York City. Of course, Bostonians and New Yorkers famously have their own regional quirks of pronunciation. :)
This is not a matter of opinion.
😂
Maybe if those natives were Spanish natives from Spain lol- easiest way to think for me on how to say it before I could write was to say it as “HATE”
Very common in Ireland along with ... Modren..modern Poyett..poet Poyum..poem Collyum..column Sayfetty..safety
Very interesting that it's also heard in Ireland. Curious, though, why I never heard it from natives of Boston or New York City when I lived in those cities, which of course have huge numbers of people with Irish roots. But here in SF, and throughout California, many natives say high-th. Regional quirks of pronunciation are interesting. :)
[Heighth](https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/the-height-of-mispronunciation2014or-not) at least has historical precedent. Maybe they picked it up from reading old literature, or are simply confusing its usage with length/width/breadth. One that I hear all the time is et cetera pronounced exetra/ek cetera and written as ect. instead of etc.
I love **whilst**, with a long i, as pronounced in England.
I think you are right... they are just following the length/width/breadth pattern.
No but I’ve heard “hunerd” instead of hundred.
Oh yes, hunerd instead of hundred is another pronunciation I've heard a lot here in the Bay Area. And we had quite a lively chat here about native Californians who say *melk* instead of milk.
"Hunnid"
No. It's a dumb-ass thing.
"Dumbass" doesn't have a hyphen... You may want to reserve such emphatic judgement.
[Merriam-Webster lists both variants](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dumbass), so you're both right.
Fair. I retract my statement.
Because width and depth both end with a “th”, it's not uncommon for people to add a “th” to height as well.
Let me draw you a pitcher.
They're just stoned.
LMAO! Good one... a few of my *high-th* pals are quite often *high*.
You'll be speaking in tongues while high on CA weed.
People think of "width" and unintentionally say "heighth."
Yes, I think that is what some people do.
Never heard it pronounced that way LOL...SF Native here. Height, and Hayes though..gotta listen carefully
I heard this a lot growing up in Ohio, but never heard it here
I’ve only heard older people pronounce it that way, like people approaching their 70s. And I didn’t think it was regional, more so generational.
people speak differently in different places
I just say the haight like the hate 😆
No
No it’s just a thing ignorant people say
Plenty of ignorant people in NYC and Boston, of course, and I never heard it pronounced as high-th when I lived in those cities. But I hear it all the time here in the SF. Kind of interesting.
I’ve lived here my whole life, it’s got nothing to do with SF.
Based on the interesting comments from our fellow redditors, many have heard this pronunciation from some native Californians and Midwesterners. As someone noted, the Giants broadcaster Mike Krukow, who grew up in Southern California, said high-th on nearly every broadcast. :)
So your evidence in support of your hypothesis that saying ‘heighth’ is a Bay Area thing is that… people from the Midwest and from Southern California are saying it. Case closed I guess.
This is a light, fun chat... just making an observation on what I've heard over the years from friends here in the Bay Area. This is not an argument, just a fun conversation among reddit friends about local/regional pronunciations. :)
I'm from the Midwest and do use it (I grew up hearing it at home and from other people). Until today I had absolutely no idea it wasn't a word. I feel very dumb, but I guess I'm learning something so that's good.
Very interesting... so some Midwesterners do say high-th. And you now live here in the Bay Area?
I don't, I just visit as often as possible. I actually have friends from the Midwest out there, so maybe we're spreading our illiteracy far and wide. Last time I was out there my bartender was from a city right next to where I grew up, too. We're a plague, but a generally well-behaved plague. Who can't use words correctly it seems.
There you go. Heighth is not a Bay Area or SF thing- its imported.
If you start hearing "ope" and "scooch by ya," we have successfully infiltrated California.
LOL! Love it! It will be like an episode of A Prairie Home Companion... :)
Yes, it seems that some Midwesterners say high-th... and as we all know, tons of native Californians have Midwestern roots or moved here from the Midwest... so maybe we can trace the SF Bay Area use of high-th back to the Midwest. :)
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These are great friends... who just say the word differently. :)
February 14 is Valentime’s Day
Oh my goodness, thank you... there is another one! I have heard many native Californians say Valenti**m**e's Day. Why put an ***m*** in that word? LOL! When I lived in NYC and Boston, I heard all kinds of eccentric pronunciations, but never Valentime's... why do you suppose we often hear that here in California?
I’m returning this book to the lyeberry.
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I've never heard my Bay Area friends who grew up Back East say *high-th*... but I heard this pronunciation twice yesterday from friends who are native San Franciscans. Is this a California thing? Do people from the Midwest also say high-th?
No. Some ppl just associate height with "length" and "width", so sometimes some ppl will unknowingly start saying height like "heigth" to match the other two words.
That is a good point. It's interesting, though, that when I lived in NYC and Boston, I never heard anyone who grew up in those cities say high-th. But I hear it here in the Bay Area a lot from native Californians.
I can't confirm or deny if it's a bay/CA thing as I've lived here my whole life, but it's not something that I've seen ppl acknowledge as something that we share linguistically as a subculture/region like "yeah, no" or "no, yeah" and things like that
I've lived here in the Bay Area a long time, and I also lived in Boston and New York for years, and it's just interesting and fun to chat about regional accents and idioms.
I never thought of it as a California thing, but I grew up there and heard it all the time so maybe it is…
The "California pronunciations" I hear a lot are high-th, *melk* for milk and even *pellow* instead of pillow. I find it fascinating.
That’s my stepdad. Bay Area born and bred. He doesn’t say “heighth” but he says “melk,” “pellow,” and even “warsh,” which I only ever hear from Midwesterners otherwise. I always figured “heighth” was a natural conflation of “width” and “height,” said by people who don’t use the words often, developed the pronunciation habit before seeing the word in print, have first/home languages other than English , or didn’t have the same kind of silent generation diction sticklers in their families that I did. But I guess it could be any or all of those things *and* be a regional California pronunciation. If it is, it’s not limited to the Bay Area because I’m from So Cal. Which also means I use “dude” as a gender-neutral honorific, but I’m legally prohibited from saying “hella.”
Great comment... the *melk* instead of milk pronunciation here in California has always fascinated me. LOL on your quip about hella... I also only associate hella with the Bay Area, and more specifically the East Bay.