Phenomena: See here.
Hypothesis: My fellow Texans will not announce the "P" cause they're just not that stupid. They probably will find a way to mispronounce it, though.
Experiment: I will drive up and down one Pflugerville Rd. and ask various people the name of the road. This would be less conspicuous than asking what town I am in while giving me the opportunity to see how exactly they pronounce the town's name, assuming they pronounce the name and road the same way (possible future experiment: find out!). I asked a total of 15 clerks at various establishments. While I could not get exact data, what I surmised is the following: 10 women, 5 men. 8 between the ages of 18-30, 4 between the ages of 30-50, 3 above 50. 10 white, 4 Hispanic, 1 black.
Result: 12 of the 15 clerks did, in fact, pronounce Pflugerville correctly. 3 pronounced it "Fluggerville."
Ancillary Results and Observations: Pflugervillian establishments thing it's really pfun to put the pfraggin "p" in pfront of every word that begins with "f". It's really cute, pfor about pfive minutes. On another note, 5 of the 12 that pronounced it correctly actuall closed their lips despite the fact that the "f" sound is made with the teeth against the lips, as opposed to the "p" which does. In other words, they conscientiously aligned their lips to make the "p" sound that they knew they weren't supposed to make.
Repeat: No, thanks.
Conclusions: I lead such a fabulous life.
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