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It's funny to hear the word mangled. It's not a "ha ha those people are stupid" thing its just amusing to hear it pronounced so oddly when you've heard the "normal" pronunciation all your life.
I grew up in North Jersey, and it was always pronounced SEE-caw-cus by people in Bergen County. As I got older and started working in the city, I started to hear Seh-CAW-cus, and now I hear that one more frequently. The electronic voice on the NJ Transit trains says Seh-CAW-cus.
And yes about Bernardsville.
Never heard of Bernardsville, but that's how I've pronounced it anyway. St. Bernard, despite the pronunciation of the dog breed, was always pronounced BER-nerd at the church I belonged to as a child, St. Bernard's .
My hometown of Durant, Oklahoma is pronounced der-ANT, not DOO-rant (which I hear all the time.)
Caddo, a town to the north of Durant, is pronounced CA-doh (short A sound).
Colbert, a town south of Durant, is pronounced CAW-bert.
Miami, OK is pronounced my-AM-uh.
Atoka, OK is uh-TOH-kuh.
Poteau, OK is poh-doh.
Lukfata, OK is LUKE-fah-duh.
Chickasha, OK is CHICK-uh-SHAY.
Tahlequah, OK is TAL-leh-KWAH.
Chautauqua Ave, a street in Norman, OK is pronounced shuh-TAW-kwuh. You can tell when students are new to OU when they try to pronounce that street, lol.
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