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Posted on 11/6/23 at 7:24 am
Posted on 11/6/23 at 7:24 am
El Dorado,AR- doesn't rhyme with Colorado , pronounced El Der AY DO.
AR- it's not AK, it's AR, AK is Alaska
AR-Kansas- looking at you Les Miles
AR- it's not AK, it's AR, AK is Alaska
AR-Kansas- looking at you Les Miles
This post was edited on 11/6/23 at 7:25 am
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Posted on 11/6/23 at 7:36 am to GetPiggywithIt
Kissimmee, FL
Posted on 11/6/23 at 7:36 am to GetPiggywithIt
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AR- it's not AK, it's AR, AK is Alaska
after living in AK for many years, this is a real thing. Had to correct more than a few folks when doing business over the phone.
Posted on 11/6/23 at 7:46 am to GetPiggywithIt
Arab, AL
AY-rab (not air-uhb)
Opelika, AL
OH-puh-LIKE-uh
Conecuh, AL
cuh-NECK-uh
AY-rab (not air-uhb)
Opelika, AL
OH-puh-LIKE-uh
Conecuh, AL
cuh-NECK-uh
Posted on 11/6/23 at 8:00 am to GetPiggywithIt
Don't insult the people of southeast Newton Co. by pronouncing Mt. Judea in the biblical sense like I did. It's Mount Judy.
Posted on 11/6/23 at 10:15 am to GetPiggywithIt
Maryville, TN
Pronounced Mara-ville or Mara-vulle as opposed to Mary-ville.
Pronounced Mara-ville or Mara-vulle as opposed to Mary-ville.
Posted on 11/6/23 at 11:20 am to TRUERockyTop
I'm no longer in Georgia but i was born and raised in Norman Park, Ga.
One that always bothered me is Albany.
We all call it ALLBENNY
One that always bothered me is Albany.
We all call it ALLBENNY
This post was edited on 11/6/23 at 11:21 am
Posted on 11/6/23 at 11:51 am to bigtiger440
Waze and Alexia cannot say Opelika correctly.
Posted on 11/6/23 at 12:16 pm to GetPiggywithIt
Prescott, AZ is pronounced "presskit" not "presskot".
Posted on 11/6/23 at 12:46 pm to GetPiggywithIt
Posted on 11/6/23 at 2:53 pm to paperwasp
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Arab, AL
AY-rab (not air-uhb)
Apparently it was supposed to be called Arad, named after the founder's son, but the US Postal Service misspelled it.
Posted on 11/6/23 at 3:37 pm to LittleJerrySeinfield
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the US Postal Service misspelled it
Posted on 11/6/23 at 3:54 pm to GetPiggywithIt
Atchafalaya
Posted on 11/6/23 at 5:55 pm to TigerLunatik
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Atchafalaya
Bless you
Posted on 11/6/23 at 6:51 pm to GetPiggywithIt
Miami OK pronounces their town as Miam-uh
why
whyPosted on 11/6/23 at 7:35 pm to OK Roughneck
I'm from Louisiana, so pretty much every city.
Posted on 11/6/23 at 8:08 pm to GetPiggywithIt
Joliet, IL.
Hint: it does not rhyme with "toilet"
eta: thanks Harry
Hint: it does not rhyme with "toilet"
eta: thanks Harry
This post was edited on 11/7/23 at 1:00 pm
Posted on 11/6/23 at 8:09 pm to TRUERockyTop
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Maryville, TN
Pronounced Mara-ville or Mara-vulle as opposed to Mary-ville.
Adding Lebanon and Shelbyville, TN to this.
Leb-nun
Sheb-vul
Posted on 11/6/23 at 11:23 pm to SoFla Tideroller
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Kissimmee, FL
Almost nobody pronounces Alachua correctly... and I absolutely pronounce the town differently than the county
Posted on 11/6/23 at 11:41 pm to MoarKilometers
A-latch-u-wa
Sagavanirktok river in alaska. Took me two years to properly pronounce that.
and there’s no fugging way I could explain it.
Sagavanirktok river in alaska. Took me two years to properly pronounce that.
and there’s no fugging way I could explain it.
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