Indiana is full of what I'll call badly echoed place names.

Milan, Indiana = MY-luhn, for instance. This is as universally pronounced by the local residents.

Versailles, Indiana = ver-SALES Again, by local residents, ALWAYS.

Lafayette, Indiana is variously rendered Lah-fee-ETT, Lay-fee-ETT, Lah-fee-ETT, and I suppose some other variants.

Terre Haute, Indiana (high ground) is Tair-HOTE, Tair-uh-HOTE, Tair-HUT, Tair-uh-HUT, and some others. (and then there are the joking references to "Terrible Hut")

I think I could almost write a book full of these Indiana place names.

Dave Oesterreich