How to properly pronounce towns in New Jersey (Trenton, Clifton: high school, college)

[tahiti]

Originally Posted by Badfish740

There's nothing that grates on my ears more than hearing someone say "TRENT-ton." Everyone knows its pronounced "Trent-in."

Another great one is how my fiancee (North Jersey girl) can never figure out how to pronounce "Gloucester" (her sister goes to Rowan), it always comes out "Glow-chester."

Some of the Indian names up north are tough and I've heard any number of pronounciations:

Allamuchy - Al-a-much-ey, Al-a-muck-ey?

Wanaque - Wanna-que, Wa-nock-key?

I think these 2 places are discussed earlier in the thread.

Wanaque is definintely Wanna-que.

I hear Allamuchy prounounced 2 ways:

Alla-mooch-eee
Alla-much-eee

I say the first one and have never been corrected.

[clvan]

General Kearny (Civil War) pronounced his name Karnee!!

[clvan]

Okay folks, in Jersey it's Nork, in Delaware it's New-ark, and I lived in Kearny for 40 years fischfan13 IS correct!!

[pbergen]

here's one that i've always wondered about:

evesham
(in burlington county, south jersey; it's right by cherry hill)

how do you pronounce this one?

[tahiti]

Originally Posted by pbergen

here's one that i've always wondered about:

evesham
(in burlington county, south jersey; it's right by cherry hill)

how do you pronounce this one?

my IL's say it like it's spelled - eve-sham (the "a" is not quite as hard though - maybe "eve-shem"?)

[Dorian]

With me being a Pittsburgher and having a Pittsburgh accent when I say Newark it sounds almost like I am saying "New York" really fast. I always wanted to know how it was pronounced. I never really knew our accent was that bad untill I was in Newark and New York and the locals couldn't understand what we were saying.

[jcfg]

I was invited to a wedding in Absecon ... I have no idea where that is or how to pronounce it.

AB-se-kon?
ab-SEE-kon?

Thanks

[invertigo]

Originally Posted by pbergen

here's one that i've always wondered about:

evesham
(in burlington county, south jersey; it's right by cherry hill)

how do you pronounce this one?

Ah!! Since my move here a few years ago, this one has stumped me too. The locals all say EVE-SHAM with no emphasis on either syllable. I know this isn't correct, but something that's become the norm because so many people say it. (Kind of like Pi-A-jit ave in Clifton!). I think it should be said EVE-Shum, but I have heard someone say EV-ah-shum.

My solution-- call the town hall and see what their recorded message says... YEP- they say EVE-shum!

[wileynj]

Originally Posted by invertigo

Ah!! Since my move here a few years ago, this one has stumped me too. The locals all say EVE-SHAM with no emphasis on either syllable. I know this isn't correct, but something that's become the norm because so many people say it. (Kind of like Pi-A-jit ave in Clifton!). I think it should be said EVE-Shum, but I have heard someone say EV-ah-shum.

My solution-- call the town hall and see what their recorded message says... YEP- they say EVE-shum!

Are we sure it isn't Eve's Ham? Or Eve's Taylor ham : ))))))

[dave13]

Originally Posted by Busch Boy

I'll start it off. I've heard many people pronounce Passaic as "Puss-sake". It should really be pronounced "Puss-say-ick". Another one is Kearny. A native told me it should be pronounced "Car-knee" and not "Ker-knee".

It should be be pronounced "Car-knee" I should know as I now reside in Glasgow Scotland but was born Pa- sake and as you Know Car-knee is full of Scots.