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Old 06-08-2021, 01:40 PM
 
Location: Bergen County, New Jersey
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I still say -cee. Been saying it this way for 40 years and never been corrected.
disgraceful.
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Old 06-08-2021, 02:02 PM
 
Location: near bears but at least no snakes
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Living in WMass I always said CEE until one day at work a co-worker corrected me and told me it was ZEE. She was an older person, originally from somewhere around Quincy, whom I would assume would know and she was quite adamant about it. ZEE.
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Old 06-08-2021, 03:09 PM
 
Location: Providence, RI
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I still say -cee. Been saying it this way for 40 years and never been corrected.
Same here.
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Old 06-08-2021, 04:53 PM
 
Location: Massachusetts & Hilton Head, SC
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This has always been an issue with new news personalities at Boston broadcast stations. They can't (or haven't been told how to) pronounce "Quincy" or "Woburn". Never fails.
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Old 06-08-2021, 07:25 PM
 
Location: Bergen County, New Jersey
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This has always been an issue with new news personalities at Boston broadcast stations. They can't (or haven't been told how to) pronounce "Quincy" or "Woburn". Never fails.
In addition to newbys pronouncing Quincy wrong.. ive heard a newscaster pronounce Weymouth as "WHY-MITH'. lol
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Old 06-09-2021, 01:23 PM
 
Location: Quincy
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Same here.
For what its worth, Quincy with a "zee" is how the prominent family (for whom the city is named) said it. Seems like a reasonable guide to the correct pronunciation.
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Old 06-09-2021, 01:46 PM
 
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For what its worth, Quincy with a "zee" is how the prominent family (for whom the city is named) said it. Seems like a reasonable guide to the correct pronunciation.
Power to the people! QUIN-CEE!

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