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IKEA -- in Sweden, it's pronounced ee-kay-ah, not eye-key-ah
I pronounce it ee-kay-ah because my family is Norwegian and I was going to IKEA since before I could speak, but Americans always seem to know what I am talking about despite not using the common pronunciation here.
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Originally Posted by ilovelondon
Ibiza -- in Europe, it's pronounced eye-bee-tha, not ee-bee-za
ee-bee-za is closer to the Balearic Catalan prounciation. (though eh-vee-sa might be closer)
eye-bee-tha is how British speakers, influenced by Castillian Spanish pronunciation, say it., i.e. doubly wrong.
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Originally Posted by masssachoicetts
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.
These pronunciations are all consistent with the British origins of the pronunciation.
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.
Reading through all the posts it's funny how everyone pronounces these things differently from all the different states.
More MA towns and cities mispronounced:
Malden, MA: People call it Mal-den, when we pronounce it Mall-din.
Medford, MA: People call it Med-ford, we pronounce it Med-fid.
(I know you posted this city already) Quincy, MA: People pronounce it Quin-sea, like John Quincy Adams. Bostonians pronounce the city as Quin-zee.
Everett, MA: People have pronounced it Ever-ett, we pronounce it Ev-rit.
Tewksbury, MA: People call it Tewks-bury. We call it Tooks-berry.
Chicopee, MA: People call it Chick-o-pee. We pronounce it Chick-uh-pee.
I like all those town names from Mass. I have some distant relatives from the 1600s who lived in Ipswich, north of Salem. I had lunch one time in a town called Sandwich in the Cape Cod area. I am willing to guess the local pronunciation differs from how most of us would probably say the town names.
Des Plaines, Illinois is pronounced Dis-PLAINS
Versailles, Illinois is ver-SAILS
Marseilles, Illinois is mar-SAILS
Chouteau Ave in StL is show-toe
Beaucoup Creek in Perry Co, Illinois is buck-UP Creek
Every city settle by Germans has a Goethe avenue and they all mispronounce it.
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