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Old 02-19-2008, 11:41 PM
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Indeed. It drives me nuts when I hear the automated voice on NJ Transit trains say "The next station stop is... Seh-CAW-cus!!"
You can't trust the automated voice on the NJ transit train nor the way workers pronounce places! I heard one call the "Towaco" stop in Montville "Ta-Wha-co". It's really "Ta-way-co".

It was him and the way people said "Passaic" that prompted me to create this thread!
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Old 02-20-2008, 12:35 AM
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My husband swears locals drop the "L" on Bloomfield but he grew up in Nork near E.O. (east Arange)

Ha Le don - I live in Hawaii now and here it would be Hah le done.

But this girl from Haw thorne knows it's Hail den or North Hale din.

I've seen people trip over Mahwah. I did as a kid.

I love this post since I pronounce everything wrong in Hawaii with my jersey accent to boot.
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Old 02-20-2008, 09:46 AM
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You can't trust the automated voice on the NJ transit train nor the way workers pronounce places! I heard one call the &quot;Towaco&quot; stop in Montville &quot;Ta-Wha-co&quot;. It's really &quot;Ta-way-co&quot;.

It was him and the way people said &quot;Passaic&quot; that prompted me to create this thread!
It is Ta wha co..not ta way co - that sounds like a community for a cult from texas ; )
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Old 02-20-2008, 10:10 AM
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I bet this one stumps alot of folks... Allumuchyis it - "Alla mooche ee" or is it Alla much ee". I saw the first one.
It's the first one.... I used to work there a lifetime ago!
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Old 02-20-2008, 10:13 AM
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My husband swears locals drop the "L" on Bloomfield but he grew up in Nork near E.O. (east Arange)

Ha Le don - I live in Hawaii now and here it would be Hah le done.

But this girl from Haw thorne knows it's Hail den or North Hale din.

I've seen people trip over Mahwah. I did as a kid.

I love this post since I pronounce everything wrong in Hawaii with my jersey accent to boot.
I've lived in Essex County my entire life and over 25 years in Bloomfield and for the most part we keep the "L".
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Old 02-20-2008, 10:15 AM
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It's the first one.... I used to work there a lifetime ago!

i say mooch too...and toe-wah-co (but i'm not 100% sure if that's right or not)
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I've never heard anyone say it, but seeing it on maps, etc. I always assumed "All-a-mook-ee." I guess I had that one wrong.

toe-wah-co is the only pronunciation for Towaco I've heard.

Here's one: Closter (Bergen County). CLOH-ster or CLAW-ster?

Or... Avon-by-the-Sea... Is it Avon-BY-the-Sea or Avon-by-THE-Sea? Hehe jk.
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Old 02-20-2008, 02:39 PM
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Closter = Cloy-ster

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I should have said my town as an example...no one every gets it right...or the conversation goes to "can you spell that for me". It Frelinghuysen - which is pronounced "Free Ling High Zen"
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Forker River = Four - ked - river
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