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Thread #157196   Message #3708665
Posted By: GUEST
13-May-15 - 10:33 AM
Thread Name: Folklore: Local place names - local pronunciation
Subject: RE: Folklore: Local place names - local pronunciation
PO-KA-tello. Mispronounce "Pocatello" as PO-CATTLE-oh and they'll laugh at you and make you buy for the bar.

Inkom is prounced INK-um.

Boise is proncounced "BOY-see" and not as the French would.

Quincy is pronounced "KWIN-zee" on in the same state as BOSS-ton. Everywhere else in the US -- Illinois, Indiana, California, Washington -- it's pronounced "KWIN-see".

It's not "MISS-ur-ee" but "MISS-ur-ah." It's "Ill-uh-noy" and not "Ill-uh-noise."

Of course, up in Canada they're having Nunavut.