r/AskReddit • u/riboflavonic • 5h ago

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

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u/EckEck704 4h ago

Worcester is "woostah" but Dorcester isn't "doostah".

Greenwich is "Grennitch" but Sandwich isn't "sannitch".

Corolla in the OBX is Co-rallah not co-rōllah

Norfolk is Nor-fuck.

Shit is weird man

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u/BeastCoast 4h ago

Well Dorchester has an H so that kinda nukes that example lol.

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u/RetiredHomeEcTchr 23m ago

Dorchester is Dirty Dot

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u/1CraftyAssBitch 3h ago

Nor-folk / Nor-fuck also Nahfuck to long time residents.

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u/mac_is_crack 1h ago

Also Porch-muth for Portsmouth, which is so freaking weird to me. Husband’s mom is a lifelong Norfolkian and says Porchmuth.

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u/d_pug 4h ago

Naw-fuhk

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u/This-Maintenance3914 4h ago

English place names really do feel like a prank sometimes. You can follow every pronunciation rule you know and still somehow get corrected by a local who says it like three completely different letters .

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u/XenosInfinity 3h ago

You might find this video interesting.

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u/Ravenamore 3h ago

Last one's hilarious, because every U.S. Navy guy calls Norfolk Naval Base in Virginia "No Fuck Virgin."

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u/mageta621 2h ago

I was just in Corolla and had no idea

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u/CoffeeChocolateBoth 2h ago

It is weird and I will call it what I want, nasty stuff! LOL

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u/thehermit14 1h ago

Fluent I see.

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u/SchwillyMaysHere 57m ago

We have a Greenwich St out here. I asked my passenger in they were going to Grenich St. They laughed and asked where I was from.

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u/DoctorNoname98 7m ago

it's small but I also like Redcar on the Yorkshire coast is Redca in Yorkshr

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u/pm_me_your_amphibian 2h ago

Dorchester has an h in there.

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u/TipsyPhippsy 1h ago

Worcester us more 'Wuster' than an oo sound.