Proper Prounciation of "Air Depot Road"

[ctchandler]

Zuplar,
Things evolve with the English language. I could list hundreds (maybe not quite that many) of words that have changed over the years. One of my favorites is "comptroller". The original pronunciation was "controller", the "P" is silent, but so many people pronounce it "comp troller" with the "P" enunciated that it has become acceptable and I believe the more common pronunciation. I still say it the old way, I guess that's because I'm old.
C. T.

[Zuplar]

Zuplar,
Things evolve with the English language. I could list hundreds (maybe not quite that many) of words that have changed over the years. One of my favorites is "comptroller". The original pronunciation was "controller", the "P" is silent, but so many people pronounce it "comp troller" with the "P" enunciated that it has become acceptable and I believe the more common pronunciation. I still say it the old way, I guess that's because I'm old.
C. T.

That one is definitely interesting. I've never heard it any other way and I working in the industry.

[ctchandler]

Zuplar,
Do you mean you've never heard it without or with the "P"?
C. T.

That one is definitely interesting. I've never heard it any other way and I working in the industry.

[RadicalModerate]

Obviously, it's "air deep-oh" except when it's depp-o
A related question might be: is it ZUP-ler . . . ZUP-lahr . . . ZOOP-ler . . . or ZOOP-lahr. =)
I guess I'm non-plussed . . . (NAHN-ploos-AYED)

(i jest loves me summadis semanticsstuff. really. i does.)

[Zuplar]

Zuplar,
Do you mean you've never heard it without or with the "P"?
C. T.

I've never heard without the P.

[Zuplar]

Obviously, it's "air deep-oh" except when it's depp-o
A related question might be: is it ZUP-ler . . . ZUP-lahr . . . ZOOP-ler . . . or ZOOP-lahr. =)
I guess I'm non-plussed . . . (NAHN-ploos-AYED)

(i jest loves me summadis semanticsstuff. really. i does.)

It's just a word I made up, (as far as I know, I've been using if for a S/N for years), so I've never thought about it. In my head it's Zoo-plahr.

[ctchandler]

Zuplar,
You are obviously a young man/woman. Mirriam-Webster shows the following, which also includes the pronunciation "comp" as well as "con". That's due to the mispronunciation over the years being accepted as legitimate. Notice the first one shows my (the original) way of pronouncing it and the second shows the new way.
C. T.
comp·trol·ler noun \kən-ˈtrō-lər, ˈkäm(p)-ˌ, käm(p)-ˈ\

I've never heard without the P.

[Zuplar]

Zuplar,
You are obviously a young man/woman. Mirriam-Webster shows the following, which also includes the pronunciation "comp" as well as "con". That's due to the mispronunciation over the years being accepted as legitimate. Notice the first one shows my (the original) way of pronouncing it and the second shows the new way.
C. T.
comp·trol·ler noun \kən-ˈtrō-lər, ˈkäm(p)-ˌ, käm(p)-ˈ\

I'm younger but like I said I work in the financial industry, I've heard comptroller and controller, but never heard anyone even the people who have been doing this 40 years pronounce it com(p)troller. Don't take this as arguing, as I've said it's interesting to me, I've just never heard it pronounced that way.

[RadicalModerate]

It's just a word I made up, (as far as I know, I've been using if for a S/N for years), so I've never thought about it. In my head it's Zoo-plahr.

I can dig it. Thank you for the clarification.
fyi: "Tinker Field" didn't used to be "Tinker Field" it used to be a Nameless Army Air Force Depot.
a place to store aircraft, back before i wuz borned. and thet thar' ancient tornaduh run all up over it.
i larnt thet later from my ma who worked in the pentagon a few years after that.
during "the Korean conflict" . . .

[RadicalModerate]

Must be a local thing.

Yup. It is. =)
Even if Air Depot Road" exists only in the imaginations and memories of what it represents
And isn't in OKC "proper" . . .

[foodiefan]

It's dee-po.

For those that say it the other way how do you pronounce Home Depot?

Depp-o. . . .and it's Home Depp-O. . .because I was pronouncing Air Depp-O long before Home Depp-O came to Oklahoma

[ctchandler]

Zuplar,
I misunderstood you, I thought you said "co(mp)" was the only way you had heard it pronounced, in fact you said "I've never heard without the P". Where am I going wrong? Regardless, outside of the financial groups, it's pronounced with the "M and P", maybe not so much in the financial business.
C. T.

I'm younger but like I said I work in the financial industry, I've heard comptroller and controller, but never heard anyone even the people who have been doing this 40 years pronounce it com(p)troller. Don't take this as arguing, as I've said it's interesting to me, I've just never heard it pronounced that way.

[ctchandler]

RM,
When you call it "Tinker Field" you are showing your maturity, it hasn't been that for about sixty years.
C. T.

I can dig it. Thank you for the clarification.
fyi: "Tinker Field" didn't used to be "Tinker Field" it used to be a Nameless Army Air Force Depot.
a place to store aircraft, back before i wuz borned. and thet thar' ancient tornaduh run all up over it.
i larnt thet later from my ma who worked in the pentagon a few years after that.
during "the Korean conflict" . . .

[foodiefan]

RM. . .close, but not exactly. It was not just a "place to store aircraft. From the Tinker history book. . . ". . . Oklahoma City
businessmen formed the Oklahoma Industries Foundation to attract a bomber base, an aircraft plant or an air repair depot to
the area. Their efforts proved successful when the War Department announced, on April 8, 1941, Oklahoma City as the site of a new air
materiel depot that would cover more than 1,500 acres and employ 3,500 people. Construction on the new Midwest Air Depot began on
July 18, 1941. Since the airfield was not ready for occupancy until March 1, 1942, official depot operations began in a downtown office building on
January 15, 1942. Just eight days later, Oklahoma citizens learned that the Army Air Forces had decided to build a huge Douglas Aircraft
Assembly Plant next to the depot. Maj. Gen. Clarence L. Tinker, an Oklahoma native and part Osage Indian, lost his life
while leading a group of LB-30 bombers on a mission against the Japanese in the region of Wake
Island on June 7, 1942. Accordingly, Gen. H.H. "Hap" Arnold ordered the installation named
Tinker Field on Oct. 14, 1942. During World War II, more than 18,000 military and civilian
employees repaired and modified B-17, B-24 and B-29 bombers as well as C-47 and C-54 cargo
planes. They also overhauled thousands of aircraft engines and shipped supplies around the
world. Meanwhile, the Douglas Plant, employing close to 24,000 people, produced more than
5,300 C-47 Skytrain aircraft and parts to build 400 C-54 Skymaster cargo planes and 900 A-26
Invader attack bombers.
At the end of the war, the Oklahoma City Air Depot acquired the adjacent Douglas Plant
complex and moved new workloads into the facilities after the War Department declared Tinker
Field a permanent air base. Renamed the Oklahoma City Air Materiel Area (OCAMA) on July 2,
1946, the depot continued work on bombers, engines and aircraft parts and played an important
role in supporting the Berlin Airlift. Following the creation of the Department of the Air Force in
1947, the installation officially became Tinker Air Force Base on January 13, 1948.

[Prunepicker]

I've just spent a few moments studying how I pronounce Depot. I say
Dee-poh. However, when speaking French I say Dep-oh. I believe it's a
French word.

[Prunepicker]

How about Durant? LOL!

[Snowman]

I've just spent a few moments studying how I pronounce Depot. I say
Dee-poh. However, when speaking French I say Dep-oh. I believe it's a
French word.

Internationally, Dep-oh seems much more common, which is probably why the military says it that way

[RadicalModerate]

RM. . .close, but not exactly. It was not just a "place to store aircraft. From the Tinker history book. . . ". . . Oklahoma City
businessmen formed the Oklahoma Industries Foundation to attract a bomber base, an aircraft plant or an air repair depot to
the area. Their efforts proved successful when the War Department announced, on April 8, 1941, Oklahoma City as the site of a new air
materiel depot that would cover more than 1,500 acres and employ 3,500 people. Construction on the new Midwest Air Depot began on
July 18, 1941. Since the airfield was not ready for occupancy until March 1, 1942, official depot operations began in a downtown office building on
January 15, 1942. Just eight days later, Oklahoma citizens learned that the Army Air Forces had decided to build a huge Douglas Aircraft
Assembly Plant next to the depot. Maj. Gen. Clarence L. Tinker, an Oklahoma native and part Osage Indian, lost his life
while leading a group of LB-30 bombers on a mission against the Japanese in the region of Wake
Island on June 7, 1942. Accordingly, Gen. H.H. "Hap" Arnold ordered the installation named
Tinker Field on Oct. 14, 1942. During World War II, more than 18,000 military and civilian
employees repaired and modified B-17, B-24 and B-29 bombers as well as C-47 and C-54 cargo
planes. They also overhauled thousands of aircraft engines and shipped supplies around the
world. Meanwhile, the Douglas Plant, employing close to 24,000 people, produced more than
5,300 C-47 Skytrain aircraft and parts to build 400 C-54 Skymaster cargo planes and 900 A-26
Invader attack bombers.
At the end of the war, the Oklahoma City Air Depot acquired the adjacent Douglas Plant
complex and moved new workloads into the facilities after the War Department declared Tinker
Field a permanent air base. Renamed the Oklahoma City Air Materiel Area (OCAMA) on July 2,
1946, the depot continued work on bombers, engines and aircraft parts and played an important )orrole in supporting the Berlin Airlift. Following the creation of the Department of the Air Force in
1947, the installation officially became Tinker Air Force Base on January 13, 1948.

Okay . . . I'll accept that . . . even with the GoogleCheatin' . . . rather than "hearsay" or sumpin' like it. =)
Sidebar: My ex-wife, who worked at "Tinker Field" (or "Tinker" fer short) and rebuilt parts of jet aircraft so's they could defend our liberty and kick ass at the same time, used to refer to everything they did as having a connection with "Tinker Toys" (down there at the southern terminus of Air DEE-POH.)

It just occurred to me that if someone wanted to know the correct pronunciation of "Depot" they might wish to ask Bill Atkinson?
If that is too unlikely, I used to know a guy who made a fortune buying Air Base Surplus and selling it back to them from his warehouse just outside the fenceline. I think he pronounced it DEE-pot too. But I've been wrong before . . . was his name Nossaman . . .?

p.s. it's Du-rant. rather than DooRant. =)
so, how's 'bout "Cyril"? just SW o' Cement? =)

[Snowman]

RM. . .close, but not exactly. It was not just a "place to store aircraft. From the Tinker history book. . . ". . . Oklahoma City
businessmen formed the Oklahoma Industries Foundation to attract a bomber base, an aircraft plant or an air repair depot to
the area. Their efforts proved successful when the War Department announced, on April 8, 1941, Oklahoma City as the site of a new air
materiel depot that would cover more than 1,500 acres and employ 3,500 people. Construction on the new Midwest Air Depot began on
July 18, 1941. Since the airfield was not ready for occupancy until March 1, 1942, official depot operations began in a downtown office building on
January 15, 1942. Just eight days later, Oklahoma citizens learned that the Army Air Forces had decided to build a huge Douglas Aircraft
Assembly Plant next to the depot. Maj. Gen. Clarence L. Tinker, an Oklahoma native and part Osage Indian, lost his life
while leading a group of LB-30 bombers on a mission against the Japanese in the region of Wake
Island on June 7, 1942. Accordingly, Gen. H.H. "Hap" Arnold ordered the installation named
Tinker Field on Oct. 14, 1942. During World War II, more than 18,000 military and civilian
employees repaired and modified B-17, B-24 and B-29 bombers as well as C-47 and C-54 cargo
planes. They also overhauled thousands of aircraft engines and shipped supplies around the
world. Meanwhile, the Douglas Plant, employing close to 24,000 people, produced more than
5,300 C-47 Skytrain aircraft and parts to build 400 C-54 Skymaster cargo planes and 900 A-26
Invader attack bombers.
At the end of the war, the Oklahoma City Air Depot acquired the adjacent Douglas Plant
complex and moved new workloads into the facilities after the War Department declared Tinker
Field a permanent air base. Renamed the Oklahoma City Air Materiel Area (OCAMA) on July 2,
1946, the depot continued work on bombers, engines and aircraft parts and played an important
role in supporting the Berlin Airlift. Following the creation of the Department of the Air Force in
1947, the installation officially became Tinker Air Force Base on January 13, 1948.

The first time I heard that story I thought it was ironic they named the town created to serve the soon to be base after the base, which by quickly changed to a different name. It also answered the question why was a town named midwest city on the east side of OKC?

[Prunepicker]

Internationally, Dep-oh seems much more common, which is probably why
the military says it that way

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[RadicalModerate]

RM,
When you call it "Tinker Field" you are showing your maturity, it hasn't been that for about sixty years.
C. T.

I fear that you are confusing age with maturity, Sir.
(or vice-versa . . . whatever =)

[foodiefan]

Okay . . . I'll accept that . . . even with the GoogleCheatin' . . . rather than "hearsay" or sumpin' like it. =)
Sidebar: My ex-wife, who worked at "Tinker Field" (or "Tinker" fer short) and rebuilt parts of jet aircraft so's they could defend our liberty and kick ass at the same time, used to refer to everything they did as having a connection with "Tinker Toys" (down there at the southern terminus of Air DEE-POH.)

It just occurred to me that if someone wanted to know the correct pronunciation of "Depot" they might wish to ask Bill Atkinson?
If that is too unlikely, I used to know a guy who made a fortune buying Air Base Surplus and selling it back to them from his warehouse just outside the fenceline. I think he pronounced it DEE-pot too. But I've been wrong before . . . was his name Nossaman . . .?

p.s. it's Du-rant. rather than DooRant. =)
so, how's 'bout "Cyril"? just SW o' Cement? =)

eh. . "we" always just referred to it as the "bomber plant". . .and it "twernt" GoogleCheatin. . .have the book. . . but it absolutely WAS easier to find it on line and "Control V" v. keyboarding it in from the book. "Lotsa" people (local included) have sold "lotsa" stuff to the "BP". . .or done "lotsa" work for the "BP". . . doesn't make them the authority on how to pronounce "depot". . .or on the history of the "BP" for that matter (Bill Atkinson. . . now that might be a different matter. . .although it may have "evolved" from his original intent!!). End of it all is that some farsighted folks worked to locate it here, it has been a major player in support to the war fighter. . .and has made up a major part of the economy of central Oklahoma for over 60 years. Three Cheers for the Bomber Plant!! And Air De. . . . .whatever

[zookeeper]

C.T.....I'm like you. I'm in my fifties and it was always "controller" with silent "m" and "p" and then it morphed into a mispronunciation using the "m" and "p" and now it's accepted. English is strange that way.

[RadicalModerate]

eh. . "we" always just referred to it as the "bomber plant". . .and it "twernt" GoogleCheatin. . .have the book. . . but it absolutely WAS easier to find it on line and "Control V" v. keyboarding it in from the book. "Lotsa" people (local included) have sold "lotsa" stuff to the "BP". . .or done "lotsa" work for the "BP". . . doesn't make them the authority on how to pronounce "depot". . .or on the history of the "BP" for that matter (Bill Atkinson. . . now that might be a different matter. . .although it may have "evolved" from his original intent!!). End of it all is that some farsighted folks worked to locate it here, it has been a major player in support to the war fighter. . .and has made up a major part of the economy of central Oklahoma for over 60 years. Three Cheers for the Bomber Plant!! And Air De. . . . .whatever

I sit corrected, enlightened and educated.
Not a bad place to be. Thanks!

(mos'ly it's DEE-poh , , , never felt the need t' add "Road" to the expression. =)

[foodiefan]

I sit corrected, enlightened and educated.
Not a bad place to be. Thanks!

(mos'ly it's DEE-poh , , , never felt the need t' add "Road" to the expression. =)

naaaaaahhhh. . .ya had me at "not a bad place to be. . .thanks"!! but I'm still "Depp-o". . so I'll leave you with . . . whatever. . .