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LinkPizza
04/12/18 1:13:26 PM
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The name of said city? No one except people from the Maryland, Texas, and few other places can pronounce Bowie... It sucks. The pronunciation is like the word buoy(U.S. version, I guess)...
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slacker03150
04/12/18 1:23:01 PM
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LinkPizza posted...
The name of said city? No one except people from the Maryland, Texas, and few other places can pronounce Bowie... It sucks. The pronunciation is like the word buoy(U.S. version, I guess)...


Bo-ee?

Wausau

But feel free to look up Wisconsin city names. There are a lot no one outside of Wisconsin seem to be able to say.
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minervo
04/12/18 1:23:59 PM
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Try pronouncing Chinguacousy
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LinkPizza
04/12/18 1:26:53 PM
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HillChange
04/12/18 1:26:56 PM
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I used to live on the Tioughnioga River.
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Wii3Kings
04/12/18 1:30:42 PM
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slacker03150 posted...
LinkPizza posted...
The name of said city? No one except people from the Maryland, Texas, and few other places can pronounce Bowie... It sucks. The pronunciation is like the word buoy(U.S. version, I guess)...


Bo-ee?

Wausau

But feel free to look up Wisconsin city names. There are a lot no one outside of Wisconsin seem to be able to say.

When I was buying a home I saw a video of a home in Oconomowoc and the way the realtor pronounced it was incredibly bad.
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PMarth2002
04/12/18 1:59:33 PM
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When I moved to Lafayette TN, I tended to pronounce it differently than the residents or the people who lived in nearby towns. I break up the word into three syllables, La Fay et. The residents say it with the last two syllables stuck together and pronounced 'it' instead of 'et'

I don't think either is wrong, but its a very noticable difference. I still tend to pronounce it the same, although I did catch myself saying it the local way on ocassion.
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ASlaveObeys
04/12/18 2:02:38 PM
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I live is MA. There are about 75 plus towns with unpronounacble names.
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Runner_style
04/12/18 2:04:32 PM
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*Waits for a Welsh person to post*
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PMarth2002
04/12/18 2:05:37 PM
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Lemme give some of these a shot

Wausau - Wow sow

Chinguacousy - Chin ga wa co see

Tioughnioga - tough knee oh ja (i'm sure thats wrong, but the i makes it awkward to say)

Oconomowoc - O con o mo walk.
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Kigalas
04/12/18 4:46:03 PM
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slacker03150 posted...
Wausau

But feel free to look up Wisconsin city names. There are a lot no one outside of Wisconsin seem to be able to say.

This. Its always fun watching people get stumped by names of cities and even counties here.

Shawano
Oconomowoc
Waunakee
Kewaskum
Waupaca
Outagamie
Wauwatosa
Waushara
Fond du Lac
Kaukauna

Cmon, give em a shot why dont ya?
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Kigalas
04/12/18 4:49:03 PM
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PMarth2002 posted...
Lemme give some of these a shot

Wausau - Wow sow

Oconomowoc - O con o mo walk.

Half right. Its actually pronounced wah-saw
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Dikitain
04/12/18 4:51:34 PM
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My entire county is filled with towns that outsiders can't pronounce properly. For example:

Chili

You are probably thinking Chill-e right? Wrong, it is pronounced Chi-Lie. Or:

Charlotte

Pronounced Shar-let right? Nope, Shar-lot.
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Nightengale
04/12/18 4:55:24 PM
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I still dont know if its cal-garry or cal-gurry and I lived near there for almost five years
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Cacciato
04/12/18 5:04:46 PM
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slacker03150 posted...
LinkPizza posted...
The name of said city? No one except people from the Maryland, Texas, and few other places can pronounce Bowie... It sucks. The pronunciation is like the word buoy(U.S. version, I guess)...


Bo-ee?

Wausau

But feel free to look up Wisconsin city names. There are a lot no one outside of Wisconsin seem to be able to say.

I think its pronounced Boo-ee. I lived a little bit north of there growing up.
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LinkPizza
04/12/18 5:43:36 PM
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Cacciato posted...
slacker03150 posted...
LinkPizza posted...
The name of said city? No one except people from the Maryland, Texas, and few other places can pronounce Bowie... It sucks. The pronunciation is like the word buoy(U.S. version, I guess)...


Bo-ee?

Wausau

But feel free to look up Wisconsin city names. There are a lot no one outside of Wisconsin seem to be able to say.

I think its pronounced Boo-ee. I lived a little bit north of there growing up.

Yeah. I think if people are close to the areas, they can also usually pronounce it. I just hate hearing it wrong all the time. And it's super easy to pronounce. People were starting to get it right, then David Bowie messed it up. Funny enough, he actually corrected himself in. One of his last interviews, IIRC. But not a lot of people know about it...
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SunWuKung420
04/12/18 6:08:59 PM
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Manayunk (manny yunk) gives some people problems.

ASlaveObeys posted...
I live is MA. There are about 75 plus towns with unpronounacble names.


I always wondered why Dorchester wasn't pronounced doostah when Worcester is pronounced woostah.
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rjsilverthorn
04/12/18 7:14:15 PM
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SunWuKung420 posted...
Manayunk (manny yunk) gives some people problems.


There are a lot of names around Philly that give people problems.

Schuylkill is always fun and then there are the Welsh names as you get into the suburbs.
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123pizza2
04/12/18 7:22:35 PM
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We got a couple of town that are interesting.

Aquebogue
Copiague
Hauppauge
Wyandanch
Wantagh
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JOExHIGASHI
04/12/18 8:15:25 PM
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Pronounce Worcester
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SunWuKung420
04/12/18 8:22:06 PM
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JOExHIGASHI posted...
Pronounce Worcester

SunWuKung420 posted...
woostah

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SushiSquid
04/12/18 8:29:54 PM
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Doctor Foxx
04/12/18 8:34:42 PM
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There's a place nearby Waskatenau

Yeah you won't get it
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