#4413639 - 03/30/18 02:16 AM
Re: City names with totally different pronounciations
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I learned something new today. Apparently the city of "Worchester" in Massachusetts is pronounced as "Wooster" and if you pronounce it as written you will get funny looks from the locals. This reminds me of a city in England which is written as "Leicester" but I believe it is pronounced as "Lester" by the locals? Anyway, I find it both interesting and a bit funny how some city names have that discrepancy. Thank you for typing "Wooster" and not "Wissta" as literally nobody I ever met in Massachusetts- west, central or eastern Mass- says "Wissta"...and I was born in MA and have lived here for 46 years. But, there's no "h" in "Worcester" . Here's one- the Brit racetrack Silverstone is pronounced "Silvastun" . So, I expect, is the town nearby.
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#4413884 - 03/30/18 11:01 PM
Re: City names with totally different pronounciations
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We have a Louiseville, pronounced Lewis*ville, not Louie*ville like in KY.
From spending a little time in Louisville KY, a lot of folks pronounce it Luhvll...lol. Kind of like the butchered version of N'awlins. In Tennessee there's a Louisville and they pronounced it Lewis ville too. PA people...how do you pronounce Wilkes Barre? Wilksberry is what I've heard. And why is Reading like Redding instead of Ree ding? And why is Lancaster "Lin kester"? Not a town, but my wife (from PA) and everyone I know from PA says radiator is Rad iator instead of Raid iator.
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#4413959 - 03/31/18 12:04 PM
Re: City names with totally different pronounciations
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Not a city; but most non-natives can't seem to pronounce the name of my homeland : "Newfoundland". We try to teach CFA's ( come from aways ) to say it like this Understand Newfoundland The emphasis on the syllables is exactly the same as in the word understand and NOT on the new or the found which are common mistakes. The found is slightly truncated and pronounced somewhere between fund and found so as to fit in with the emphasis on the syllables. ... Understand - Newfoundland A person from here is a Newfound lander. Only locals or good friends get to call us "Newfs" or worse "Newfies" ......... its our very own N-word .
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#4413981 - 03/31/18 02:05 PM
Re: City names with totally different pronounciations
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You all have been given the word by a Goofie Newfie.
There was only 16 squadrons of RAF fighters that used 100 octane during the BoB. The Fw190A could not fly with the outer cannon removed. There was no Fw190A-8s flying with the JGs in 1945.
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#4413995 - 03/31/18 04:20 PM
Re: City names with totally different pronounciations
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I guess pulling up fishing nets give you all arms like Popeye. Worked with a Newf many years ago and he was crazy. He didn't mind being called Goofie (the nick we gave him).
There was only 16 squadrons of RAF fighters that used 100 octane during the BoB. The Fw190A could not fly with the outer cannon removed. There was no Fw190A-8s flying with the JGs in 1945.
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#4414045 - 03/31/18 09:56 PM
Re: City names with totally different pronounciations
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So here's that quaint little town in Austria we visited that is always mispronounced: Austrian Villagev6, boNes
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#4414066 - 03/31/18 11:59 PM
Re: City names with totally different pronounciations
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He didn't mind because he considered you to be a friend And was in an almost perpetual state of intoxication or stoned.
There was only 16 squadrons of RAF fighters that used 100 octane during the BoB. The Fw190A could not fly with the outer cannon removed. There was no Fw190A-8s flying with the JGs in 1945.
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#4415082 - 04/06/18 09:40 PM
Re: City names with totally different pronounciations
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#4415083 - 04/06/18 09:41 PM
Re: City names with totally different pronounciations
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#4415323 - 04/08/18 09:51 PM
Re: City names with totally different pronounciations
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Leicester and Rutherfordton North Carolina, Lester and Rofton.
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