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Old 12-21-2010, 10:43 AM
 
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Which cities in Maryland do you notice non-nativesor out-of-state media continually butcher, over and over again?

Which cities in Maryland do natives even seem to pronounce incorrectly?
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Old 12-21-2010, 10:49 AM
 
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Default I'll start....

Maryland (Mare-uh-lynn, Mer-lin)

Baltimore (Bawl-mer, Ball-da-more)

Annapolis (Nap-liss)

Ocean City (Ocean City never O.C.--referred to by tourists and people that watch too much TV)

Conococheague Creek (con-a-cuh-***)

Prince George's (Prince George's or P.G. Never Prince George, which is in Virginia)

Havre de Grace (have-ra-de-grace)

Lonaconing (Lona-coney or just 'coney')

Conowingo (Cona-wing-go)

Patapsco (Puh-taps-coe)

Chesapeake (Ches-uh-peak or just 'The Bay')

Dorchester (Door-chester)

Worcester (Wuss-ster not Wor-chester)

Wicomico (Why-comm-ick-ohh)

Monocacy (Muh-knoc-kuh-see)

Sabillasville (Suh-bill-us-ville)

Bel Air (Blair)

Cumberland (***-ber-lun)

Taneytown (Tawney-town)

Tilghman (Till-min)
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Old 12-21-2010, 10:49 AM
 
Location: NYC
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When I lived in Salisbury all of my friends from the NYC suburbs where I grew up would ask, "how's Saaalz-bury?"

The MTA buses in Baltimore have pre-recorded announcements of the stops. It must have been outsourced to china or something because a lot of these pronunciations are clear guesses. "Chinqapin (*****-uh-pin) Parkway" becomes "Chin-qwa-pen," etc. Its ays "Buena Vista Avenue" properly but the local pronunciation is "B-yoona Vista," like the town in SW Va of the same name.
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Old 12-21-2010, 10:50 AM
 
Location: NYC
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Oh yes, and Weeko-meeko county!
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Old 12-21-2010, 10:52 AM
 
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Oh yes, and Weeko-meeko county!
LOL I HATE that!!!!!!!!!!!
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Old 12-21-2010, 10:58 AM
 
Location: NYC
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Also, Patapsco (Patap-sicko). Where'd dat udder vowel come from hon?
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Old 12-21-2010, 11:01 AM
 
Location: PG County, MD
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99% of the time, people from out of state pronounce Bowie as "Bo-ee" (like as in David Bowie)
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Old 12-21-2010, 11:09 AM
 
Location: Maryland: Baltimore and Somerset Counties
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Dundalk is DUNDOCK- NOT DUN-DAWLK!
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Old 12-21-2010, 11:16 AM
 
Location: Maryland: Baltimore and Somerset Counties
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Oh and it's Towson is Tow-sin not Toe-sin or Towz-in

... and Westminster is not West-MINISTER
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Old 12-21-2010, 11:21 AM
 
Location: DMV
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Accokeek, most people don't even try to pronounce it. Ack - Ko - Keek
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