By: Rob
One of the most widely mispronounced and never-corrected mispronounced names is Pierre, the Capital of South Dakota. Learned by nearly all grade school students, people just assume it’s pronounced the...
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Even the locals can’t always agree. My hometown (Wamego, Kansas – featured on this site some time ago) is pronounced “wah-MEE-goe” by most people, but a tiny minority say it as “wah-MAY-goe”. Just...
View ArticleBy: Christine
Representing Pennsylvania: * Lancaster is pronounced LANK-ist-er, not Lan-cast-er * Lebanon is pronounced LEB-nin, not Leb-a-non As for Colorado… well, here’s a reference guide:...
View ArticleBy: Katy
Des Plaines, Illinois always receives a variety of different and incorrect pronunciations from people outside the Chicago area. The locals pronounce “Des” as “dez” and “Plaines” as “plains.”
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Massachusetts: * Peabody (PEA-buh-dee) * Woburn (WOO-burn, as distinct from Waban, WA-bun, first vowel as in “watch”) * Haverhill (HAY-vur-ull) * Billerica (bill-RICK-uh) * Waltham (WALL-tham —...
View ArticleBy: Rhodent
The number of people from other parts of the country who try to pronounce Raleigh as either “ray-lee” (this one is understable) or “rally” (this makes no sense to me at all) never ceases to amaze me....
View ArticleBy: steve
Too many to mention from my travels, but the one closest to home that kills me – which is stupid because it’s phonetically correct – is the Thames River in Connecticut. Here it’s the THaymes, over...
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I’ve lived in the small town of Norfolk, Connecticut my entire life. Everyone from the town and the surrounding area pronounces it Norfork. It always bothers me when people insist on pronouncing it...
View ArticleBy: Corey
Nice list from NC. Another that comes to mind is the Outer Banks town Corolla, which is pronounced “cor-RAWL-uh”, not “cor-ROLL-uh” (like the car). And it’s not a pronunciation issue, but if you want...
View ArticleBy: David Kearns
I saw this in your year-end roundup and was very surprised that Texas seemed to be unrepresented. But Manchaca, TX is one of my all-time favorites since it’s pronounced MAN-shack and always seperates...
View ArticleBy: Mike Lowe
Boerne will do that too. I excuse anyone having problems with Nacogdoches. Who expects a silent g and highest stress on a third syllable? I can’t think of other Texas ones but there must be some.
View ArticleBy: Dave
Boerne (Bur-ney), Gruene (green), Mexia (muh-HAY-uh), and Refugio (ruh-FYOO-ee-oh, with a silent G), all somewhat track the original German and Spanish pronunciations. Dutch names didn’t fare so well...
View ArticleBy: Gary
I lived in Rhode Island for almost 40 years, and some stuff here gets pronounced weird too. The best one is Pawtucket. People who live here pronounce it “P-tucket” (without saying the A or the W). When...
View ArticleBy: henry
In reply to <a href="https://www.howderfamily.com/blog/pronounced-how/#comment-4401">AF</a>. i say "or a gun", dont know anyone who says ore-gone, and im northeast
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