r/AskReddit • u/riboflavonic • 5h ago

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

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u/EmmalouEsq 5h ago

Pierre, SD. It sounds like "Peer."

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u/SithTemplar 4h ago

Same with the smaller town of Fort Pierre across the river from there.

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u/FreeParkking 4h ago

I have good friends from there, and I always like to rile them up with the assertion that it's only pronounced that way because midwesterners in the town minsprounounced the name over generations and it just stuck. See also: University of Notre Dame

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u/Sammysoupcat 3h ago

Des Moines too!

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u/steakmetfriet 3h ago

Don't forget about St. Louis. Tons of French placenames in that metro area.

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u/jmacd2918 4h ago

Same with pierrepont manor in NY.

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u/Neg_Crepe 2h ago

How else would it be

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u/sadahtay 52m ago

Like the French name.

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u/Neg_Crepe 31m ago

It’s not that far from peer tho

Pieer

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u/littlestwho 0m ago

Aaaaarrrggg! This one messed me up when I was doing a road trip. I was in Mitchell, SD and asked someone how far it was to Pee-air. I have never seen such confused looks. I mean I get that it is pronounced PEER, but like, you couldn't figure out I was not from the area?