Most mispronounced names in Ohio and how to say them

[arizonawildcat]

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Toe-LEE-doh. I guess I never heard it pronounced any other way?

Genoa in NWOhio is not pronounced like the Italian city (much like Milan). Gen-No-uh not Gen-oh-Ah.

Many people who have visited Spain would say To-lay-do.

 

[irish_buffalo]

Many people who have visited Spain would say To-lay-do.

Only in your high falutin Jesuit educated circles.

 

[arizonawildcat]

Tolaydo is a city about 30 miles south of Madrid, which is usually packed with tourists because it was the home of El Greco whose paintings are in many of the town' s churches.

 

[Zunardo]

Toledo? Yes got it right.

 

[eastisbest]

Cuyahoga? I don't think I've ever heard it said out loud. My mind just made it Ki ya ho ga. Not sure how I may Cu into Ki.

 

[eastisbest]

Tolaydo is a city about 30 miles south of Madrid, which is usually packed with tourists because it was the home of El Greco whose paintings are in many of the town' s churches.

I think that's a potato chip.

 

[SLS]

Tolaydo is a city about 30 miles south of Madrid, which is usually packed with tourists because it was the home of El Greco whose paintings are in many of the town' s churches.

Also famous for steel blades and its role in the Inquisition. Below is an iron maiden on display in the Museo de la Tortura in Toledo.