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Worcester, MA: People say Wer-chester. Its pronounced, Wis-ter or Wough-ster.
Gloucester, MA: People say Glowe-chester. Its pronounced, Glaw-ster.
Billerica, MA: People say Bill-air-icka. Its pronounced, Bill-ricka
Ashburnham, MA: People say As*-burn-ham. lol no. Its pronounced Ash-burn-em.
Quincy, MA: People say Quin-see. Its pronounced, Quin-zee.
Leominster, MA: People say Lee-om-inster. Its pronounced, Lem-in-ster.
Barnstable, MA: People say Barn-Stable. Its pronounced, Bahn-stahbel.
Scituate, MA: People say Sh*t-Tw*t or Skit-chew-it. Its pronounced Sit-Chew-It.
Leicester, MA: People say Lie-chester. Its pronounced Lester.
Reading, MA: People say Reeeed-ing. Its pronounced Red-ing.
Weymouth, MA: People say Why-mith. Its pronounced Way-mith.
Hingham, MA: People say Hing-ham. Its pronounced Hing-uhm.
Dedham, MA: People say Ded-ham. Its pronounced ded-uhm.
Woburn, MA: People say Whao-burn. Its pronounced Wew-bern or Woo-burn.
Saugus, MA: People say Sowe-gus. Its pronounced Saw-gis.
Peabody, MA: People say Pee-body. Its pronounced Pee-bid-ee.
Needham, MA: People say Need-ham. Its pronounced Need-uhm. No need to need some ham.
Wellesley, MA: People say Wess-lee. Its pronounced Well-zley.
Waltham, MA: SOME people have said Walt-ham. Its pronounced Walth-am.
Norfolk, MA: Noone pronounces this the same. Ive heard Nor-falk, Nor-foke, Nor-fork... I honestly dont know whats correct, I say some variation of Nor-fahk.
I work in Urban Planning and I hear alot of crazy **** from Massachusetts town names pronounced wrong by out of staters.
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Worcester, MA: People say Wer-chester. Its pronounced, Wis-ter or Wough-ster.
Gloucester, MA: People say Glowe-chester. Its pronounced, Glaw-ster.
Billerica, MA: People say Bill-air-icka. Its pronounced, Bill-ricka
Ashburnham, MA: People say As*-burn-ham. lol no. Its pronounced Ash-burn-em.
Quincy, MA: People say Quin-see. Its pronounced, Quin-zee.
Leominster, MA: People say Lee-om-inster. Its pronounced, Lem-in-ster.
Barnstable, MA: People say Barn-Stable. Its pronounced, Bahn-stahbel.
Scituate, MA: People say Sh*t-Tw*t or Skit-chew-it. Its pronounced Sit-Chew-It.
Leicester, MA: People say Lie-chester. Its pronounced Lester.
Reading, MA: People say Reeeed-ing. Its pronounced Red-ing.
Weymouth, MA: People say Why-mith. Its pronounced Way-mith.
Hingham, MA: People say Hing-ham. Its pronounced Hing-uhm.
Dedham, MA: People say Ded-ham. Its pronounced ded-uhm.
Woburn, MA: People say Whao-burn. Its pronounced Wew-bern or Woo-burn.
Saugus, MA: People say Sowe-gus. Its pronounced Saw-gis.
Peabody, MA: People say Pee-body. Its pronounced Pee-bid-ee.
Needham, MA: People say Need-ham. Its pronounced Need-uhm. No need to need some ham.
Wellesley, MA: People say Wess-lee. Its pronounced Well-zley.
Waltham, MA: SOME people have said Walt-ham. Its pronounced Walth-am.
Norfolk, MA: Noone pronounces this the same. Ive heard Nor-falk, Nor-foke, Nor-fork... I honestly dont know whats correct, I say some variation of Nor-fahk.
I work in Urban Planning and I hear alot of crazy **** from Massachusetts town names pronounced wrong by out of staters.
I kinda quit playing this game. I try to pronounce it correctly if it’s outside the US, but otherwise...Worcester is WAR-chester, Cairo, Il is KAI-ro, and Palestine, TX is paleh-STEIN.
Apparently I've been pronouncing Minot, ND wrong. I have never been near there, so I had never heard it pronounced out loud until recently. I assumed it was Mee No (I gave it a French pronunciation). But I recently learned that it's pronounced My Not.
Well if you are ever in Beloit, Wisconsin, don't pronounce it Bel-WAH!
Madrid, IA = MA-drid
Nevada, IA = Ne-VAY-duh
Tama, IA = TAY-ma
Camanche, IA = ca-MANCH
Buena Vista College = Byoona Vista
Here's a few others:
Osceola (OHH-see-oh-luh, not AHH-see-oh-luh as FSU fans pronounce it)
Klemme (KLEM-mee)
Knoxville (nocks-VILLE, not NOCKS-vuhl in TN)
Guttenberg (GUT-ten-berg)
And forget about Adel. I don't think there is a standard pronunciation for it. I've heard it all - "eh-duhl", "eh-DELL", "uh-DELL", etc.
I wonder if people from Dez Moinz know how to pronounce Ellanoiz?
When I was a kid I pronounced DeMoine "Dez - Moan - ez"
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