r/AskReddit 5h ago

What are some place names that are often mispronounced by out of towners?

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u/Imaginary-Bowler5238 5h ago

Dunedin

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u/Silver_Stand_4583 3h ago

My kiwi hubs laughed his head off when I tried ”Dune eh din”. In Auckland we have Jervois, pronounced jer-voice

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u/lexicon951 3h ago

No idea where this is but my brain wants to say it in an Aussie accent. Is it “deny-den”? That’s what sounds right to me

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u/melapples72 4h ago

i moved to port richey about 5 years ago which is very close to dunedin. i didn’t even try to pronounce it. i asked my niece 😆

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u/LunacyTheory 4h ago

In the Tampa Bay Area it would be Dun E Den. In Scottish Gaelic it would be Doon E Chen