Los Angeles

Was that pronunciation used to indicate that someone was a yokel, and definitely not from Los Angeles?

BTW, the correct Spanish pronunciation would be "los an-*hell*-ees", because in Spanish the letter "j" is pronounced like the English "h". We Anglos at least pronounce San Jose with the correct "j" sound, but not the one in "Angeles". Funny about that

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Huh...the only one that I ever heard pronounce it that way is Bugs Bunny.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8TUwHTfOOU&t=6s

Originally and in Spanish the "g" is pronounced as an "h". It's never been a hard "g". The Anglicized version was always a soft "g". People in LA would consider a hard "g" ignorant.

There was once heated debate over how to pronounce “Los Angeles.” The Spanish pronunciation of the name has long been “Loce AHN-heh-less.” Yet, non-Spanish speaking Angelenos seemed to prefer the harder-sounding anglicized version “Loss ANN-ja-less.” The anglicized version was adopted, in 1934, by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.

In 1952, Los Angeles Mayor Fletcher Bowron assembled a panel to come up with the city’s own official pronunciation of its name. The panel included language professors, radio announcers and journalists. They agreed to the anglicized version "Loss ANN-ju-less." Even so, some early 1950s Los Angeles travel films still used alternative pronunciations, such as "Loss ANN-geh-less" (with a hard "G").

Today, with the exception of those who use the city’s original Spanish pronunciation, “Los Angeles” is commonly pronounced according to the anglicized version

https://www.laalmanac.com/geography/ge13c.php

Turkey is now Turkiye pronounced Toor-keyeh

It appears some people pronounced it that way years ago. There's a 9- year old thread about it:
https://moviechat.org/tt0099703/The-Grifters/58c753936b51e905f6780292/Whats-with-the-hard-g-in-Los-Angeles

Online:
"Jun 16, 2004 · Sam Yorty was the mayor of Los Angeles from 1961 to 1973, and he pronounced it with the hard G (“loss ANgle-ese”)."