For the Upstate New Yorkers in the crowd --

[Phil_S]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uvmfh7yDMCI
Californian's (can't) say our place names.
I consider myself an all-around New Yorker. I grew up on Long Island, and went to summer camp near East Greenbush (Valatie, to be exact and they left that one out.) I've driven the whole length of I-87, I-90, the Taconic State Pkwy, and old Rt 17 before they made i-86. Even got a speeding ticket in Olean for going 37 in a 25, c. 1972-3. Heck, I didn't know my Chevy Vega could go that fast.

[Dr-Joned]

I just wish the Yorkers would learn to pronounce Greenwich !!

[eniam rognab]

my oldest sister lives in boston, lotsa good ones there too, love to visit and make a fool of myself mispronouncing everything intentionally

however, the towns of Worchester and Dorchester totally baffle me. one is pronounced "wooster" the other is "door-chester".... 'splain that one please!

thanks for the laugh Phil!

[Phil_S]

I think it's Dawchesta. One of my favorites is Scituate. My father was born in Woosta.

More on place names in the Commonwealth.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4ZvGwD6_qg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VDbJaF5FZY

[matt h]

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[eniam rognab]

thanks for the thorough 'splaination of that Matt yep, no 'h' in worcester, my bad, i still think its funny though... my sister lives in Stoneham (stone-uhm) and we love to emphasize the HAM!! and we often add ham to other town names for fun

one of my favorite rivers to fish in Maine is the Piscataquis, we call it the "piss-cat" haha stays open year round, one of the few, pretty chilly in waders, fly fishing in February

[matt h]

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[Leo_Gnardo]

Then there's Peabody. NOT pronounced like "help me mister Pee-boddy." If you want to not be laughed at by the locals, shorten those vowels way up. P'bidy. Correct pronunciation helped get one of my co workers back across the US border; the immigration agent figured a foreign faker wouldn't know the correct pronunskyation.

[Colossal]

Then there's Peabody. NOT pronounced like "help me mister Pee-boddy." If you want to not be laughed at by the locals, shorten those vowels way up. P'bidy. Correct pronunciation helped get one of my co workers back across the US border; the immigration agent figured a foreign faker wouldn't know the correct pronunskyation.

Leo,

I have to laugh at this one. Have a buddy that used to work in Boston. There was a fellow at his job named Endicott "Peebiddy" (sic). When I heard that for the first time...called himself 'Cawh-dee Peebiddy...

...sounded like a toilet flushing to hear him speak

[JoeCon]

Matt H,

"Manchester is a bit of an anomaly for a bunch of different reasons ..." you can say that again! And I live in Manchester.

Also here is another river called PiscataQUOG not to be confused with the PiscataQUA river. Right!!

[matt h]

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[cbass]

A while back I learned that a codnul is a bird

[Colossal]

A while back I learned that a codnul is a bird

hahaha.

Don't forget to order Peetzer with your beer and pay for it in Dough-luhs.

[Phil_S]

There's nothing wrong with a tuner fish sandwich, except that I never really liked them. That's NY, not MA. How'd this thread go so far north/east?

[eniam rognab]

How'd this thread go so far north/east?

that was me, i tend to wander... just made me a little homesick, sniff