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Jul 21

You ain’t from ’round here, are ya? (VT)

Posted on Wednesday, July 21, 2010 in Pronunciation

Now we go north to Vermont to see how the locals pronounce their city names.

Cabot – KAB-ut or KAB-it

Calais – KAL-iss

Charlotte – shar-LAHT

Jul 20

You ain’t from ’round here, are ya? (MA)

Posted on Tuesday, July 20, 2010 in Pronunciation

Now we go east to Massachusetts to see how the locals pronounce their city names.

Glouchester – GLOSS-tah

Haverhill - HAV-rill

Leominster – LEM-in-ster

Peabody – PEE-buh-dee

Saugus - SO-gus

Swampscott - SWAM-skit

Worcester - WOO-ster

There are so many that you might want to visit this site.

Jul 19

You ain’t from ’round here, are ya? (NY)

Posted on Monday, July 19, 2010 in Pronunciation

Now we go north to New York to see how the locals pronounce their city names.

Chili – CHYE-lye

Charlotte – shar-LOT

Coxsackie – cook-SOCK-ee

Greenwich – GREEN-wich

Pompey – POM-pee

DeRuyter – DEH-rider

Ithaca – ITH-ick-uh

Jul 18

You ain’t from ’round here, are ya? (PA)

Posted on Sunday, July 18, 2010 in Pronunciation

Now we go east to Pennsylvania to see how the locals pronounce their city names.

Duquesne - Du-KANE

Lancaster - LANG-caster

North Versailles - Ver-SAILS

Perkasie – PER-ka-see

Reading – RED-ing

Wilkes-Barre - WILKES-Barry

Jul 17

You ain’t from ’round here, are ya? (OH)

Posted on Saturday, July 17, 2010 in Pronunciation

Now we go east to Ohio to see how the locals pronounce their city names.

Bellefontaine - bell-FOUNT-n

Cadiz – CAD-dish

Delhi - Dell-High

Lancaster - LANK-ster

Lebanon – LEB-nin

Marseilles - mar-SAYLES

Olentangy - OL-en-tanj-ee

Pataskala - puh-TAS-kuh-la

Versailles - ver-SAY-ells

Jul 16

You ain’t from ’round here, are ya? (IN)

Posted on Friday, July 16, 2010 in Pronunciation

Now we go south to Indiana to see how the locals pronounce their city names.

Buddha – BOO-dee

Galvestan – gal-VES-tan

Milan – MY-lan

Terre Haute – terra-HOTE

Jul 15

You ain’t from ’round here, are ya? (MI)

Posted on Thursday, July 15, 2010 in Pronunciation

Now we go to Michigan to see how the locals pronounce their city names.

Charlotte – Char-LOTT

Delhi - Dell-high

Durand - DU-rand

Lake Orion - O-Ree-yun

Milan - MY-lun

Saline - Suh-LEEN

Sault St. Marie - SOO-Saint-Marie

Jul 14

You ain’t from ’round here, are ya? (WI)

Posted on Wednesday, July 14, 2010 in Pronunciation

Now we head north to Wisconsin for local pronunciations of city names.

Wisconsin – wih-SKAHN-suhn

De Pere – dee-PEER

Fond du Lac – FAHN-duh-lak

New Berlin – noo-BER-lihn

Jul 13

You ain’t from ’round here, are ya? (IL)

Posted on Tuesday, July 13, 2010 in Pronunciation

Now we head further east to Illinois for local pronunciations of city names.

Illinois – Ill-i-NOY

Beaucoup Creek – Ba-Cou

Bourbonnais - Burr-BONE-us

Cairo – CAY-ro

Des Plaines – Dess-Planes

Marseilles - Mar-sales

Vienna – Vy-enna

Jul 12

You ain’t from ’round here, are ya? (IA)

Posted on Monday, July 12, 2010 in Pronunciation

Now we head south to Iowa for local pronunciations of city names.

Des Moines – duh-moyn

Madrid – MAD-drid

Nevada – Nuh-VAY-duh

Sioux City – Soo

Tripoli – tri-PO-luh