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Thread #157196   Message #3708564
Posted By: LadyJean
13-May-15 - 12:32 AM
Thread Name: Folklore: Local place names - local pronunciation
Subject: RE: Folklore: Local place names - local pronunciation
The community just up the road from me is called North Versailles, pronounce Versayles. There's a Versailles Kentucky, pronounced the same way.

Elizabethtown Tennessee, has the accent on the beth. Elizabethtown Kentucky is called E Town.

The river that runs near my home is called the Monongahela. That's pronounced Mon on ga hay la. You can spot locals, we can pronounce it. People not from around here cannot.