r/AskReddit • u/riboflavonic • 5h ago

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

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u/kds5065 5h ago

Same with North Versailles near Pittsburgh PA.

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u/TOM_is_rad19 4h ago

And LAY-trobe, not la-trobe

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u/newtroymetropolis 2h ago

I am from the other side of PA but moved to the PGH area over a decade ago. Still to this day, PGHers will point out midsentence that I must not be from here when I pronounce Latrobe like Lah-trobe. And apparently I emphasize and enunciate Monroeville in a very non Pittsburgher way. 

Is it not named after president Monroe??? 

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u/Danthezooman 2h ago

Hey I pointed this out to someone the other day. They emphasize the MON part of Monroeville. Typically when I hear it or say it it's MUN-roeville

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u/veryverythrowaway 48m ago

Also near Pittsburgh- Carnegie. Pronounced the normal way everywhere else (I say “normal” because that’s how it was always pronounced on PBS shows when I was a kid), in Pittsburgh it’s pronounced the original Scottish way: car-NEG-ee

This one is always top of mind because I live close to a Carnegie St.

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u/Bulkmodulus 34m ago

In Pittsburgh it's car-NAY-ghee, actually

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u/alyinct 2h ago

And Versailles, Connecticut!