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mariez:
A great idea, David! This was fun.   :)


--- Quote from: seriouscrayons on April 22, 2008, 04:08:01 pm ---Here's one I didn't see on there. Most New Orleanians pronounce it

New OR-luns

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I'm not a New Orleanian - but that's how I pronounce it, too!

Marie

MaineWriter:
David, you forget a few classic New England/New York names:

Gloucester

Gloss-ter or

Glou-ches-ter

Worcester

Wuss-ter or

Wor-ches-ter

Patchogue

Patch-ogg or

Patch-o-gooey

Quogue

Quogue or

???


L

Jeff Wrangler:

--- Quote from: MaineWriter on April 22, 2008, 06:57:15 pm ---Worcester

Wuss-ter
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And I always thought it was Wuss-tah.   ???


--- Quote ---Patchogue

Patch-o-gooey

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 :laugh:  :laugh:  :laugh:

ZK:
Question for yas? Do your News Presenters pronounce place names differently to everyone else. The tv presenters make a concerted effort to pronounce them differently to just about everyone else including the locals
eg a small town south of here spelt Oamaru. Virtually all of us say Om-ma- roo but not our oh so circumspect presenters, O- oma- roo. Sometimes you just about have to think twice about where they are talking about!!

serious crayons:
Locals' pronunciations of place names are so often unexpected. In Minnesota, there's a town called Monticello, which people pronounce Mon-ti-SEH-lo. There's a town named Gentilly that people call Gently (GENT-lee). And in New Mexico, between Albuquerque and Santa Fe, there's a town called Madrid, which people pronounce MAD-rid.

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