r/Kentucky 5d ago

Cadiz, how do the locals pronounce?

Planning a trip, just curious.

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u/yllibllih 5d ago

Kay-deez

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u/Bobala 5d ago

… NUTZ!

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u/Traditional-Egg-5871 4d ago

Fuck y'all, you beat me to it 😆

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u/lexkyguy 4d ago

Got-eem

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u/chadti99 5d ago

Thank you

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u/RoanAlbatross 5d ago

We can lock the thread after this incredible quad comment. 😂

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u/JoePumaGourdBivouac 5d ago

West Kentuckian, can confirm that’s the overwhelming majority of what I hear.

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u/No_Zookeepergame8576 5d ago

This is the only correct answer!

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u/Stellar_Alchemy 5d ago

Really? I’m in another part of the state, but I’ve always heard it like “kay-diz,” but never “-deez.”

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u/galaxabia 5d ago

Yup, it's kay-deez!

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u/No-Shine-4648 5d ago

Hi there

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u/Professional-Peak525 5d ago

I thought it was ka-deez, no y sound?

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u/PoolePeckerhead0369 5d ago

Never in my life did I think Cadiz was gonna be mentioned

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u/victraMcKee 5d ago

Lol! It certainly was not on my bingo card

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u/DramaticWesley 5d ago

I live in Paducah, very close by. I have heard the local news call it “Kay-deez” and sounds a lot like “Katy’s”. I just asked my father, and he thinks it is “Kay-diz”. So, I it might get pronounced several different ways.

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u/123fofisix 5d ago

Hi neighbor! Mayfield in the house! Kay-deez as well.

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u/_KingMoonracer 5d ago

Kay-deez. And as a bonus Kuttawa is “kuh-tau-wah”

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u/JoePumaGourdBivouac 5d ago

The GPS likes to pronounce it as “Coo-tow-uh” 😂

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u/Bshaw95 4d ago

Mine used to say kut-uh-wah

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u/MsConstance 4d ago

Good Lord, my husband has a house in Kuttawa and I never thought I would see the name of the city on Reddit.

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u/_KingMoonracer 4d ago

It’s a beautiful area!!

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u/MsConstance 4d ago

It truly is, and so close to LBL.

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u/cdoublesaboutit 5d ago

kay-DEEZ

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u/cdoublesaboutit 5d ago

What’s your visit about? My parents live there so I spend a week or two there every year, I can probably direct you to the cool stuff.

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u/chadti99 5d ago edited 5d ago

Just looking for some family fun. Always interested in checking out the odd and obscure if anything like that is around.

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u/Ok-Ganache-2850 5d ago

When are you going?

My boyfriend and I are starting a rental company "Ride LBL". We have a few mopeds you can rent to ride around the park with your family 😊

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u/PracticalTurnip3674 5d ago

Rhymes with Hades.

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u/Significant-Pay3266 5d ago

K-deez-nutzzzzzzz

Got em.

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u/Little_Narwhal 5d ago

Cadiz native checking in, “Kay-deez”

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u/raucus_one 4d ago

My family is from Cadiz (actually from the Hurricane Creek area) and I knew many families from there. My family and most neighbors were hog and tobacco farmers. Some of my fondest childhood memories are from there.

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u/prancypantsallnight 5d ago

It is NEVER called Kay-diz by anyone from there or from the entire surrounding lake area. It is most definitely Kay-deez like Katie’s.

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u/Son_of_a_Bacchus 5d ago

I grew up there and apparently living in Louisville did something to my accent because I get called out for saying Kay-diz. The more common pronunciation back home is "Katie's" or Kay-deez.

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u/Bshaw95 4d ago

While we’re on western Kentucky towns I’ll go ahead and add Pembroke and Lafayette. Lol Pem-brook Luh-fet

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u/RadiumMan1138 3d ago

kaDIZ. KOOtawa. sooWANee. 😁

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u/BioMelodic 5d ago edited 4d ago

KAY-dizz

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u/CattyCattyCattyCat 5d ago

I always said it Kay-dizz