How to properly pronounce towns in New Jersey

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Originally Posted by Mightyqueen801

THANK YOU. I thought I was wrong, but I didn't live there. It's ALWAYS been "Pa-sake" as far as I know, and we used to laugh (giving away my age here) because Corporal Agarn from F-Troop was supposedly from Passaic, NJ, and he pronounced it wrong.

The fake computer-woman voice on my NJ Transit train says it the three-syllable way, too. It annoys me.

It kinda annoys me too...I immediately think, "OK this person definitely was not born here" lol.

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Originally Posted by Busch Boy

IDK, I still stick by my pronunciation of Passaic as "Puss-say-ick". I also am a native of the town. I was born in General hospital (back when it was called that, LOL) and lived there for 11 years. My mother also lived there for 30 years and she pronounces it the same way.
We always get told "you guys are true natives" by others who grew up there b/c of our pronounciation.

I think this is just going to be a po-tay-toe/po-tah-toe issue. I was born in St. Mary's...I lived there for 16 years and attended pre-school to my 2nd year of PHS. I grew up south of the HS and never heard it pronouced any other way with my classmates, friends, and such.