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* Major League Baseball outfielder Matt Diaz, who has gone on record to state that yes, it's pronounced "DIE-az".
* Actor [[Sports Night|Peter]] [[Six Feet Under|Krause]] pronounces his surname "KRAU-zuh," rather than the more-common-in-America single-syllable pronunciation.▼
== Real Life - Places ==
=== Australia===
* ESPN guys love to pronounce Detroit as if it were still a French word ("Day-twa"), just for a joke.▼
* The Canberra suburb of Manuka is pronounced 'mahn-NAH-ka', not 'mah-NU-ka' like the plant.▼
** And you're free to fight amongst yourselves as to whether it's pronounced "Duh-TROIT" or "DEE-troit."▼
*** Or "De-TROH-wit", if you're [[Hockey Night in Canada|Bob Cole]].▼
=== Canada ===
* Newfoundland is not, in fact, New-Found-Land, it's Newfin-LAND.▼
** That's it. Oh, and it's not to be pronounced as "New Finland" either. Many a tourist have made that mistake.▼
** To add to the confusion, Leif Ericsson discovered "Vinland" (Wineland), which is thought to be the southern tip of Newfoundland.▼
** Though some people pronounce it more like Newfun-land.▼
* People who live in or near Toronto tend to pronounce the city's name as something rather like "Tronno". Sportscaster Don Cherry tends to pronounce Toronto as "trah-na".▼
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=== Japan ===
* Many people pronounce Tokyo with three syllables (toh-kee-oh); it's more accurately pronounced toh-kyo, with the "kyo" one syllable (its name translates to "Eastern Capital")▼
** Both characters are pronounced with long vowels, so by Japanese reckoning it's actually four beats, or ''on'': to-o-kyo-o.▼
* People like to pronounce the city of Kobe (written in Japanese as "Koube"), Japan, and the steak that takes its name from the city, like Kobe Bryant ("koh-bee"), when it's actually "kohh-beh." In Japanese, "Koubi" (交尾) means "animal mating," and when applied to human intercourse means "very rough sex."▼
=== New Zealand ===
* The working class suburb Mangere in Auckland, New Zealand (pronounced MAH-NGE-RE according to the Maori or MAN-gerry in common use), is sometimes fondly referred to as "Mon-ZHER" by its inhabitants.
* Louisville: If you live in Louisville you pronounce it as lul-vul. If you are from anywhere else you may pronounce it as Lou-is-ville, Lou-ie-ville or Low-ville.▼
=== UK ===
** Kentucky, at least. The other Louisvilles are pretty straightforward in their "Lewie-vill" pronunciation.▼
*** Except for Ohio (Lew-is-ville). But then, Ohio is sort of wonky with its place names: Lima = LIE-ma; Rio Grande = RYE-o Grand; Bellefontaine = Bell Fountain; etc.▼
* Nevada: If you live either there or in [[California]], chances are you say "neh-VA-duh" with the vowel in the middle syllable pronounced like the vowel in "flat." If you don't live in either state, you probably say "neh-VAH-duh" with the "a" pronounced like the "o" in "bother."▼
** It's a bit of a [[Berserk Button]] for them, actually. Michelle Obama pronounced it wrong at a rally for her [[Barack Obama|husband]], back when he was running for president. She [[Serious Business|was lucky to correct herself in time.]]▼
*** Again, Ohio, and Iowa as well, are backward on this. Their little towns of the same name are pronounced "Ne-VAY-da".▼
▲* Actor [[Sports Night|Peter]] [[Six Feet Under|Krause]] pronounces his surname "KRAU-zuh," rather than the more-common-in-America single-syllable pronunciation.
* The (somewhat fairy-tale) name of the village of Appletreewick in North Yorkshire, UK is pronounced "Ap-trick" by locals.
** Similarly, the locals pronounce the town of Worcester, Massachusetts, "WUH-ster".
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** And Norwich is pronounced "Norrich"
** Towcester. As in the thing you use to make toast.
* People who aren't British seem to have trouble pronouncing Worcestershire Sauce (WORCE-stershire). Even though most Brits know how to say it correctly it mostly tends to get referred to as Lea and Perrins.▼
* Depending on where you are in the U.K own seems to turn into aarn. For example Town turns into Taarn, Down turns into Daarn and Brown turns to Braarn while 'own' turns into 'who-wen'. Similarly round turns into Raarned and found turns into Faarned. This is mostly faarned raarned the Yorkshire area or more specifically the Barnsley area. The pronunciations can make it very confusing to people not familiar with the area. The other wiki covers more of this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yorkshire_dialect_and_accent▼
* UK place names again: Edinburgh, Middlesbrough and Loughborough are in wildly different parts of the country (Scotland, North Yorkshire and Leicestershire respectively) and all pronounce the section of their names after the B as Borough despite the different spelling. Even weirder is the town of Brough which doesn't pronounce it like the similarly spelt Middlesbrough, but pronounces it as Bruff.▼
** Arguably, the end of all of these is pronounced as "brə" with a schwa, rather than as "bərə" although it depends on where you reside. Loughborough (Luf-brə) uses the Brough pronunciation above in it's first half as well.▼
=== USA ===
▲* ESPN guys love to pronounce Detroit as if it were still a French word ("Day-twa"), just for a joke.
▲** And you're free to fight amongst yourselves as to whether it's pronounced "Duh-TROIT" or "DEE-troit."
▲*** Or "De-TROH-wit", if you're [[Hockey Night in Canada|Bob Cole]].
▲* Louisville: If you live in Louisville you pronounce it as lul-vul. If you are from anywhere else you may pronounce it as Lou-is-ville, Lou-ie-ville or Low-ville.
▲** Kentucky, at least. The other Louisvilles are pretty straightforward in their "Lewie-vill" pronunciation.
▲*** Except for Ohio (Lew-is-ville). But then, Ohio is sort of wonky with its place names: Lima = LIE-ma; Rio Grande = RYE-o Grand; Bellefontaine = Bell Fountain; etc.
▲* Nevada: If you live either there or in [[California]], chances are you say "neh-VA-duh" with the vowel in the middle syllable pronounced like the vowel in "flat." If you don't live in either state, you probably say "neh-VAH-duh" with the "a" pronounced like the "o" in "bother."
▲** It's a bit of a [[Berserk Button]] for them, actually. Michelle Obama pronounced it wrong at a rally for her [[Barack Obama|husband]], back when he was running for president. She [[Serious Business|was lucky to correct herself in time.]]
▲*** Again, Ohio, and Iowa as well, are backward on this. Their little towns of the same name are pronounced "Ne-VAY-da".
* The city in central Massachusetts is WUSS-tuh, not “Worcester.”
▲* Newfoundland is not, in fact, New-Found-Land, it's Newfin-LAND.
▲** That's it. Oh, and it's not to be pronounced as "New Finland" either. Many a tourist have made that mistake.
▲** To add to the confusion, Leif Ericsson discovered "Vinland" (Wineland), which is thought to be the southern tip of Newfoundland.
▲** Though some people pronounce it more like Newfun-land.
* It's illegal in Arkansas to pronounce the final "s".
* Downtown [[New York City|Manhattan]] has Houston (HOW-sten) Street. It is not pronounced the same as the city of Houston (HYOO-stin), Texas.
* Several small towns in the Midwest United States are named for more famous world cities and pronounced differently, such as Cairo, Illinois and Cairo, Ohio (both pronounced "CARE-oh") and Milan, Indiana, Milan, Illinois, and Milan, Ohio (all pronounced "MY-lun").
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* Head north from Houston towards Dallas, head west when you're a couple hours away, and you'll come to Mexia. Pronounced "Muh-HEY-uh"
* The city of Beaufort, South Carolina is pronounced "Buew-fert", while Beaufort, North Carolina is pronounced "Bow-fert". NC also has the town of Bahama (Ba-HAY-ma).
▲* People who aren't British seem to have trouble pronouncing Worcestershire Sauce (WORCE-stershire). Even though most Brits know how to say it correctly it mostly tends to get referred to as Lea and Perrins.
▲* Depending on where you are in the U.K own seems to turn into aarn. For example Town turns into Taarn, Down turns into Daarn and Brown turns to Braarn while 'own' turns into 'who-wen'. Similarly round turns into Raarned and found turns into Faarned. This is mostly faarned raarned the Yorkshire area or more specifically the Barnsley area. The pronunciations can make it very confusing to people not familiar with the area. The other wiki covers more of this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yorkshire_dialect_and_accent
* Missourians are slightly divided on this issue. Most of us pronounce it "Missour-EE", but a small number of people, primarily from the souther part of the state, pronounce it "Missour-AH".
▲* People who live in or near Toronto tend to pronounce the city's name as something rather like "Tronno".
▲* The Canberra suburb of Manuka is pronounced 'mahn-NAH-ka', not 'mah-NU-ka' like the plant.
* The town of Florida, Colorado pronounces its name the Spanish way: fla - REE - da.
▲* UK place names again: Edinburgh, Middlesbrough and Loughborough are in wildly different parts of the country (Scotland, North Yorkshire and Leicestershire respectively) and all pronounce the section of their names after the B as Borough despite the different spelling. Even weirder is the town of Brough which doesn't pronounce it like the similarly spelt Middlesbrough, but pronounces it as Bruff.
▲** Arguably, the end of all of these is pronounced as "brə" with a schwa, rather than as "bərə" although it depends on where you reside. Loughborough (Luf-brə) uses the Brough pronunciation above in it's first half as well.
* The Couch in Couch St. in Portland, OR is pronounced "Cooch," not "Couch."
* The correct pronunciation of the state is OR-uh-gun, OR-uh-gin, OR-ih-gun, or Or-ih-gin (not Orry-gone, Orry-gun, Or-gone, or Or-ray-gone).
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* The Aloha in Aloha, OR is pronounced "A-LO-wah," not "A-LO-ha."
* Boise, Idaho. Newscasters call it Boy-ZEE, but its Boy-SEE, to the irritation of its residents and repeated corrections.
▲* Many people pronounce Tokyo with three syllables (toh-kee-oh); it's more accurately pronounced toh-kyo, with the "kyo" one syllable (its name translates to "Eastern Capital")
▲** Both characters are pronounced with long vowels, so by Japanese reckoning it's actually four beats, or ''on'': to-o-kyo-o.
* Spokane, Washington. It is not spo-KAYN (as in cane), it is spo-KAN (as in can you do the can-can). The musical ''Love Life'' got this wrong.
* Schuylerville, New York is pronounced (SKY-ler-ville) while the Schuylkill River in Pennsylvania is pronounced (SKOO-kull).
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** Suffolk: Suf-fick or Suf-fuhk, but not Suf-fohlk
** Another strange variation: Norfolk, Nebraska is frequently pronounced NOR-fork
▲* People like to pronounce the city of Kobe (written in Japanese as "Koube"), Japan, and the steak that takes its name from the city, like Kobe Bryant ("koh-bee"), when it's actually "kohh-beh." In Japanese, "Koubi" (交尾) means "animal mating," and when applied to human intercourse means "very rough sex."
▲* A Canadian example: A university in Halifax and a road in Ottawa are both named Dalhousie. The school's name is pronounced dal-haw-sie, the road's is dal-hoo-sie.
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