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re: Names that nonlocals probably don't know how to pronounce
Posted on 4/29/22 at 10:12 am to MorbidTheClown
Posted on 4/29/22 at 10:12 am to MorbidTheClown
I always thought it was a fairly well known fishing destination, but the amount of times I’ve heard someone call it Della-croy is alarming
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Posted on 4/29/22 at 10:21 am to Rust
There’s a town about equidistant from Cincinnati and Columbus that is pronounced Roo see uhh
It is spelled Russia.
It is spelled Russia.
Posted on 4/29/22 at 10:25 am to Diseasefreeforall
Esplanade
Posted on 4/29/22 at 10:31 am to Mahootney
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but Chartres St is always a dead give away.
There's nothing confusing about saying the word Charters. It's Charters.
Posted on 4/29/22 at 10:34 am to Diseasefreeforall
Peabody, MA is PEE-bi-dee
Woburn, MA is woo-burn
Worcester, MA is woo-ster
Woburn, MA is woo-burn
Worcester, MA is woo-ster
Posted on 4/29/22 at 10:35 am to Diseasefreeforall
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Louisville CO is lewis-ville (Trebek got this wrong on Jeopardy once)
Louisville, GA is pronounced the same way.
Cairo, IL is pronounced like the Egyptian capital, but Cairo, GA is pronounced Kay-ro. Houston County, GA is pronounced Howston.
Posted on 4/29/22 at 10:36 am to Rust
quote:Thanks to Bob Dylan, that's how I say it.
but the amount of times I’ve heard someone call it Della-croy is alarming
Posted on 4/29/22 at 10:38 am to bad93ex
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Shawano
My college roommate used to live there. How the hell they got Shine-O out of Shawano I will never understand.
Posted on 4/29/22 at 10:50 am to Diseasefreeforall
Chalybeate Springs, Alabama
Klee-but Springs
Klee-but Springs
This post was edited on 4/29/22 at 10:52 am
Posted on 4/29/22 at 11:00 am to Diseasefreeforall
Old timers in Georgia:
Forsyth County: Fur-sigh-th
Marietta- May-retta
Forsyth County: Fur-sigh-th
Marietta- May-retta
Posted on 4/29/22 at 11:07 am to PowerTool
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There's nothing confusing about saying the word Charters. It's Charters.
In French it’s pronounced Shart. Lot of out of towners will assume it’s done that way here.
Posted on 4/29/22 at 11:14 am to Diseasefreeforall
What your mom does regularly....Soileau.
Posted on 4/29/22 at 11:23 am to Diseasefreeforall
There is a Laplace in Illinois. The locals pronounce it Lay Place.
Posted on 4/29/22 at 11:23 am to Diseasefreeforall
Epes (eps) and Emelle (em-el). Both are in Sumter County, Alabama where I grew up. My favorite is Pass Christian, MS.
Posted on 4/29/22 at 11:26 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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Loowavulle in yankee land drives me nuts as well. The kings name was not loowa.
I pronounce it Luzianna.
Posted on 4/29/22 at 11:31 am to WRhodesTider
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Epes (eps) and Emelle (em-el). Both are in Sumter County, Alabama where I grew up.
I know Epes well, originally from Eutaw and my mom's family from Boligee
Posted on 4/29/22 at 11:36 am to Diseasefreeforall
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Louisville CO is lewis-ville
It ain't Luhh-ville?
Posted on 4/29/22 at 11:38 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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Loowavulle in yankee land drives me nuts as well. The kings name was not loowa.
Rich coming from someone who is from somewhere that also has some off the wall pronunciations.
Posted on 4/29/22 at 11:38 am to doublecutter
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Champagne
Shahm Pine in Lafourche
Shahm Pon (pond without the d sound) in Terrebonne.
Posted on 4/29/22 at 11:39 am to Diseasefreeforall
Dalrymple
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