I was taken aback by their response
These are sometimes misheard and pronounced incorrectly:
taken aback – surprised
(not taken back)
jibe – agree, e.g., the facts don’t jibe
(not jive)
My desire for correct grammar is deep-seated
These are sometimes misheard and pronounced incorrectly:
cotter key – A pin inserted through a hole to hold machine parts together
(not carter key)
deep-seated – firmly established
(not deep-seeded)
a deprecated method - a construct in a computing language being phased out
(not depreciated)
You ain’t from ’round here, are ya? (AK)
Now we go to Alaska to see how the locals pronounce their city names.
Nenana – nee-NAN-ah
Tanana – TAN-uh-naw
Chitina – CHIT-NAW
Tok – toke
You ain’t from ’round here, are ya? (HI)
Now we go to Hawaii [we wish!] to see how the locals pronounce their city names.
Honolulu – HO-NO-lulu
You ain’t from ’round here, are ya? (CA)
Now we go to California to see how the locals pronounce their city names.
La Jolla – la HOY-a
Miraleste – mirra-lest
Calle Mayor – cally-mayer
Visalia – vice-ALE-ia
Los Banos – los bannos
Placerville – PLASS-ur-vill
Port Hueneme – port y-NEE-me
Tehama – te-HAY-ma
You ain’t from ’round here, are ya? (OR)
Now we go to Oregon to see how the locals pronounce their city names.
Oregon – OR-ih-guhn
Tigard – TYE-gerd
Tualatin – too-AW-luht-un
You ain’t from ’round here, are ya? (WA)
Now we go to Washington to see how the locals pronounce their city names.
Spokane – spo-CAN
Sequim – squim
Puyallup – pew-AL-lup
You ain’t from ’round here, are ya? (ID)
Now we go to Idaho to see how the locals pronounce their city names.
Boise – BOY-see
Moscow – MA-sko
Weiser – WEE-zur
You ain’t from ’round here, are ya? (NV)
Now we go to Nevada to see how the locals pronounce their city names.
Nevada – nuh-VAD-uh
[There is so much informationn on the mispronunciation of this state name that I could not develop a list of local pronunications of town names.]
You ain’t from ’round here, are ya? (UT)
Now we go to Utah to see how the locals pronounce their city names.
Escalante – Es-ca-LANT
Hurricane – HER-kin
Tooele – too-ELL-uh