Funniest Mispronunciation of a Town's Name?

United States
March 25, 2016 7:05am CST
We have had two of our nearby town's names grossly mispronounced in the news media. Downright funny, if you ask me. Here they are... Schuyler is properly pronounced SKY-Ler. But the media? SHOO-Ler. Appomattox is AP-Po-MAT-Tux. But the media? A-POE-muh-tox. No, really. And these are the people who bring you your news... Any instances you know of that tickle the ole funny bone?
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Belle Starr (Iz)
@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
25 Mar 16
I can think of a couple. Staunton VA is not Stown-ton it is Stan-ton And Worchester Ma is Wusster not Wor-chester but the English have us beat by a long shot Belvoir is pronounced Beaver!!
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Belle Starr (Iz)
@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
25 Mar 16
@KuznVinny Oh yes the English ones I could go on and on, even Derby is Darby!! lol
Vincent Summers
@KuznVinny (768)
• United States
25 Mar 16
@BelleStarr Doubtless... Just ask the CLARK.
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Vincent Summers
@KuznVinny (768)
• United States
25 Mar 16
Great. As to Staunton (not far from me), I tell people I visit my ANT in STAWNTON. You visit your AWNT in STANTON. It makes no sense. Also here, Faber is pronounced FOBBER. In England, Leicester is LESTER. Go figure...
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Boingboing
@boiboing (13147)
• Northampton, England
25 Mar 16
My Sat Nav gets names wrong. There's a large road in Derby called 'Brian Clough Way' - named after a famous football manager. Clough is pronounced Cluff but my Sat Nav says Clow.
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Vicki, #1 Creek Girl
@1creekgirl (44560)
• United States
25 Mar 16
The town of Conetoe is pounced Kah-KNEE'-tah, but newcomers say"Cone-toe."
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Audrey
@lilnana1111 (2305)
• United States
28 Mar 16
No, I can't think of any right off hand.
Morley Hunt
@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
2 Apr 16
An accident was reported at the intersection of Doans Ridge Road and Buchner Road. Some how they pronounced both names wrong.. They announced Dons Ridge (Doan rhymes with Phone), and Butchner (Buchner is pronounced Buckner a common name in this area) There is a large French population in this area. The girl who pronounced her last name, which was Desjardins as Dez jar dins.
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Morley Hunt
@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
2 Apr 16
@KuznVinny my real last name is constantly mispronounced or miss spelled. It does have an unusual spelling, but is phonetic, so there is really no excuse for the mispronunciation.
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Vincent Summers
@KuznVinny (768)
• United States
2 Apr 16
@Morleyhunt The same thing for my wife in a sense. "How do you spell your name?" S-h-e-i-l-a. Far too many people spell it ridiculously: Shelia. That would be Shih-Lee-Uh. Worse, one woman's mother gave her the name Shelia and pronounced it Sheila. Poor kid.
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Vincent Summers
@KuznVinny (768)
• United States
2 Apr 16
We also have a road in nearby Charlottesville spelled Rio Rd. Most say Ree-o. But it's Rye-o.
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fishtiger58
@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
25 Mar 16
I live near a town in Illinois called Bourbonnais. It's pronounced Bur Bon AA but the old timers around here call it Bur Bo NIs I'm not sure which one is correct.
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Vincent Summers
@KuznVinny (768)
• United States
27 Mar 16
My guess (I did take French) would be Boor-bo-nay'.
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fishtiger58
@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
27 Mar 16
@KuznVinny That's how most around here say it.
Vincent Summers
@KuznVinny (768)
• United States
27 Mar 16
@fishtiger58 If it had an e at the end, it would be Boor-bo-nez'.
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