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Randy D

(I’m sure the Aussies may win this one.) Do you have some place names that only locals know how to pronounce correctly? ~

Posted - July 19, 2020
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  • 5451
    Pierre, South Dakota and Mandan, North Dakota

    We can tell if you're not from the Dakotas by how you pronounce those two cities.

    This post was edited by Livvie at July 21, 2020 5:31 PM MDT
      July 20, 2020 9:49 AM MDT
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  • 53526

     

      The first rhymes with peer. 


    What do I win?
    ~

      July 20, 2020 10:30 AM MDT
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  • 5451
    You win the love and adoration of people who live there by not calling it peeeYARE!  BTW, the second one is MAN-DAN.  A is pronounced the same way in both syllables.  It's not MANdin or MANdun.
      July 21, 2020 10:24 AM MDT
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  • 53526
      July 21, 2020 5:14 PM MDT
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  • 11105
    Wayzata MN;, Bde Maka Ska (a Minneapolis lake); Oconomowoc, WI. 
      July 20, 2020 10:34 AM MDT
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  • 53526

     

      You win. 

    ~

      July 20, 2020 10:35 AM MDT
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  • 11105
    Aren't you even going to try?
      July 21, 2020 5:31 PM MDT
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  • 53526

     

      Is Bde a word in its own right, or is it an abbreviation, an acronym, or other symbolic use of letters?
    ~

      July 21, 2020 6:07 PM MDT
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  • 11105
    It is a word. Bde Maka Ska is White Earth Lake in the Dakota language.
      July 21, 2020 6:31 PM MDT
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  • 5451
    I can help you out with this one, Randy.  Oconomowoc is o-CONNa-mo-walk.  Both of my husband's parents are from the part of Wisconsin that's between Madison and Milwaukee, so I know I'm right on that one.  

    I've always said Wayzata as whyZETTa, but I'm from South Dakota, so I could be getting that one wrong.
      July 22, 2020 11:05 AM MDT
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  • 5451
    He's not going to try, so I'll just bail him out.
      July 22, 2020 11:06 AM MDT
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  • 1893
    You forgot Edina, Minnetresta, among othes
      July 21, 2020 12:56 PM MDT
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  • 11105
    I didn't forget - I just limited it to a short list of ones I hear all the time. Edina gets pronounced right about half the time. I have not yet heard Minnetresta mispronounced, but I guess it's possible - just as Shakopee gets mangled by non-locals
      July 21, 2020 5:30 PM MDT
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  • 13277
    Missouri
    Oregon
    Housatonic, MA
    Rochester, NY
    Houston Street (NYC)
      July 20, 2020 10:52 AM MDT
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  • 53526

     

     Muh-zur-rah

      Or-gun 
      
      Whose-a-tone-nick
      
      Rah-chest-ter

      Youse-ton 


    I‘ll take my prize in gold bullion, please. 

    ~

      July 20, 2020 11:04 AM MDT
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  • 13277
    Wrong on Whose-a-tahnic and Howston Street. Go back to square one.
      July 20, 2020 11:08 AM MDT
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  • 53526
      July 21, 2020 5:14 PM MDT
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  • 2327
    Welcome to Wales, UK








    There's a ton more, these are just examples. 

      July 21, 2020 6:05 PM MDT
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  • 53526

     

      Even the Aussies are floored by those!
    ~

      July 21, 2020 6:08 PM MDT
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  • 551
    The following are all within Yorkshire. I can pretty much guarantee you won't get more than two out of six right without looking them up!

    Slaithwaite
    Linthwaite
    Barkisland
    Pontefract
    Barugh (North Yorkshire)
    Barugh (South Yorkshire)

    This post was edited by Reverend Muhammadovsky at July 22, 2020 3:00 PM MDT
      July 22, 2020 12:06 PM MDT
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  • 551

    The correct answers:

    Slathwait (or "Slawit" if you're local to the town, not just the district)
    Linfit
    Barkis-land
    Pomfret
    Barf
    Bark

      July 22, 2020 3:00 PM MDT
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  • 13277
    Barf? LOL.
      July 22, 2020 3:44 PM MDT
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