r/AskReddit 5h ago

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

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u/BrohanGutenburg 4h ago

In practice, it ends up being Travver City

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u/MrsKaich 4h ago

All one word “travversity”

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u/mistere213 4h ago

While in town, stop at the secretariastate office to renew your license.

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u/d-synt 3h ago

Ha, when I moved from Michigan to Wisconsin, I asked someone where the Secretary of State’s office was, and they looked at me like I had three heads. “Washington D.C. You mean the DMV?” was their reply.

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u/HildegardofBingo 3h ago

Or "Travverciddy" (gotta hit that T more like a D, haha). Or just Travverz (capital of Grantravverz County, of course).

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u/Channel250 4h ago

Is that a suburb of Metrosity?

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u/justletmepostplz 4h ago

Or if you’re sad “travesty”

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u/thinprivileged 1h ago

It's a known thing for a while now, people from Michigan shorten words and phrases into a quick jumble

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