Mispronounced City and State names (live in, money, metro area)

[Steve-o]

Originally Posted by wurd4wurd

Boise, Idaho - pronounced BOY-see and not BOY-zee

Weird, I thought it was French and pronounced "bwah".


j/k of course

[Lillietta]

Originally Posted by Steve-o

Both are correct and used daily, even by Chicagoans.

Nowadays since there are so many transplants, but not when my grandmother lived there.

[Steve-o]

Originally Posted by Lillietta

Nowadays since there are so many transplants, but not when my grandmother lived there.

Its not really a transplant thing. For instance, my mom says "Chicawgo" and my dad says "Chicahhhgo". I actually catch myself saying it both ways too.

[cosmonewman]

Originally Posted by Steve-o

Its not really a transplant thing. For instance, my mom says "Chicawgo" and my dad says "Chicahhhgo". I actually catch myself saying it both ways too.

As long as you pronounce "Da Bearss" right you're fine.

[lammius]

I've heard people (not sure where they were from) say Chicargo.

[Billiam]

^ I've heard "Warshington" (not related to war)

In baltimore, they say "Baw-mer', and people not from baltimore say "Balt-uh-more"

anyway, here are a few in my area

Frederick, MD is pronounce 'Fredrick' not "fred-erick"

People can never seem to get 'Silver Spring' right
its not that they pronounce 'Silver Sring' wrong, its just they don't even know the name. people not from the area always call it 'silver springs', even in this one song, they say silver springs, talking about the city, but its really 'silver spring'

Also when I say im from "Mair-uh-lind" when im far from home, people say " oh! you're from 'Mary-Land', it gets kind of annoying

[Steve-o]

Originally Posted by cosmonewman

As long as you pronounce "Da Bearss" right you're fine.

Ugh. No way, no how. As much as I think the skit is funny, that is in NO WAY how we talk here. Ive met 10s of 1000s of people, not a single one talks like that. And noone here calls Chicago "Chi-town" either, thats plain retarded.

[nlblueyes]

Lewes DE.. natives pronounce like Lewis.. tourists pronounce it as lou's...

Conetoe NC is another one often mispronounced.. I called it cone toe but was corrected to Co-nee-toe.. if I am not mistaken.. been some time ago..

And the above poster was correct about Bawlmer, Fredrick and Mary-land..

[Steve-o]

Originally Posted by lammius

I've heard people (not sure where they were from) say Chicargo.

Odd. Ive never heard that before thank goodness, or else Id probably laugh and ask them why in the sam heck theyre adding an 'r' into the name. Some people....

[gnab gib]

OK, so back in northern Indiana, you've got Pulaski County, which is pronounced Pul-AS-sky, not Pul-AS-skee. And Kosciusko County, which is pronounced Kozee-OSS-ko.

In Maryland, there's the town of Havre de Grace. In French, "Hahv duh Grahss." Out here, "Havver de Grayce." Yuck.