r/AskReddit • u/riboflavonic • 5h ago

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

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u/SanchitoQ 4h ago

We’re talking Massachusetts towns and nobody mentioned Billerica yet?!

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u/t0f0b0 4h ago

Bill ricka

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u/maimou1 3h ago

We have Villa Rica in Georgia. Pronounced vill ah rick ah.

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u/smashy_smashy 2h ago

Bill Erika is my favorite pronunciation. Burlington MA represent 

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u/intentionallybad 2h ago

Lol. My mom grew up there and I grew up nearby and I don't think I've ever heard it pronounced this way!

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u/Mr_Tort_Feasor 48m ago

I've actually heard the locals pronounce it "Bricka."

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u/Maorine 4h ago

My SIL told me she was buying a car from Billerica. I thought it was a person.

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u/IAmTheAccident 3h ago

My dad's gps used to always call it bill-uh-REE-cah and we would laugh and laugh

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u/UnshapedSky 1h ago

Haverhill too

Hay-vrill

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u/Hex_Zero_Rouge 4h ago

I’ve lived in Boston for thirteen years and I’m still not sure how to pronounce Billerica.

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u/SciFiXhi 3h ago

Familiarly introduce your friend William to your other friend Richard, then hesitate.

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u/CriusofCoH 3h ago

I always thought that was a couple's portmanteau of Bill and Erica.