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SD's capital is pronounced PEER, not pee-AIR

VT's is mont-PEEL-ee-ur, not moan-pell-YAY

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People are gonna say what they gonna say, I'd say let em go nuts but my inner nit will still note them as idiots.

I think Im the only one on the east coast I've met that pronounces oregon the way oregonians do.

Worcester Mass gets mutilated the most from what I've heard.

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Isn't it "Wooster"? I thought there was a separate town in MA named Wooster but the first google comes back with is Worcester's city page. I think people pronounce it "Wor-chester". I was born in Springfield but moved away when I was a wee tot.

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the 's' is silent in Illinois

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the 's' is silent in Illinois

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Yeah, I think some folks will try to insert it as 'Ill-i-noy-is'.

I grew up in and went to college in Charleston, SC. Some weird pronunciations (local) there:

-Hasell Street - (say "Hazel")
-Huger Street - (say "Hugh-gee")
-Legare Street - (say "Legree")
-Vanderhorst Street - (say "Vandrost")

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I once had a boss named "Richard". He would always get pissed at us and say his name wasn't pronounced, "Dick".

He never got it.

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Worcester Mass gets mutilated the most from what I've heard.

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Isn't it "Wooster"? I thought there was a separate town in MA named Wooster but the first google comes back with is Worcester's city page. I think people pronounce it "Wor-chester". I was born in Springfield but moved away when I was a wee tot.

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wuss-ter

also if you're from worcester you evidently pronounce it wiss-ter

wooster and worchester are completely wrong and nobody from around here says those

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My name is Michaud. It's pronounced Me-show. Even the Cajuns get this wrong when they see it.

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My name is Michaud. It's pronounced Me-show. Even the Cajuns get this wrong when they see it.

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You're names not Jack? Awwwwwww.