Submitted by officepolicy t3_zsy4un in boston
frausting t1_j1an1zs wrote
When I moved to Cambridge from Florida, I was unsure how to pronounce it. My first guess was “cam-bridge”, but when I got here quickly switched to “came-bridge”
officepolicy OP t1_j1ani2t wrote
Once you heard other people saying "came" then I assume you switched. This person hears other people pronouncing it different yet hasn't changed, I'm baffled
becausefrog t1_j1apt7e wrote
Where are they from? What is their accent?
officepolicy OP t1_j1aqpva wrote
No accent, I wouldn't let it bother me if someone with an accent pronounced local words wrong
becausefrog t1_j1ar0s0 wrote
I wonder if there's a Cam-bridge where they are from? I always get Reading and Read-ing mixed up because it's pronounced one way where I grew up and another way here and I can never keep track of which is which anymore.
mmmsoap t1_j1d6w8k wrote
I went to college with a girl who insisted that it made sense to call it Pea-Body (“because you find a body in the woods, not a buhDEE in the woods”) and absolutely refused to change because the entire state is Massachusetts was wrong.
SkinnyJoshPeck t1_j1dg91w wrote
Utah says “hur-ih-ken” for a town spelled Hurricane.
i’m convinced everyone says these cities wrong just for posterity’s sake. They are wrong, like how volvo has that color “swedish racing green” which is clearly blue. But that doesn’t mean it’s not how everyone says it. 🤷🏻♂️
I guess to avoid an existential crisis folks just can’t accept people can do whatever they want lol.
acelana t1_j1dn6ov wrote
To me the most cursed place in Utah is Coeur d’Alene. I tried pronouncing it with what I thought was a pretty Anglicized pronunciation (kerr deh lehn). Nope. It’s fucking Core Duh Lane.
May God have mercy on us all
Dtraveler t1_j1dz7q0 wrote
Coeur d’Alene is in Idaho not Utah
namaste_you_guys t1_j1bmky1 wrote
Did you grow up in Cincinnati where it’s pronounced “RED-ing”?! Because same 😂
PM_ME_ROCK t1_j1c3f6d wrote
MA (Reading & North Reading) are pronounced like “Redding”
Otterfan t1_j1cgamo wrote
Yeah, is it pronounced anything other than "RED-ing" anywhere? Other than when you talk about what you do with books of course.
becausefrog t1_j1bo03g wrote
West Coast, but it was also Red-ing.
frausting t1_j1c4v3y wrote
Oh yeah absolutely.
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