School Names that are often Mispronounced

Burreaux said:
It appears my southern ohio high school education really has failed me in pronunciation for a wide majority.
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eh, a lot of the unusual pronunciations stem from some combination of

a) the ancestry/founding (e.g. “ROO-shee”, which traces to the French),

b) improperly-anglicized conventions of European-settled towns (see: “Ver-SAILS”)

c) towns that fit the actual phonetic rule in English pertaining to distribution of consonants (e.g. Massillon, where if there was a second ‘n’ it would have the oft mispronunciation error of an “ON” to overcome it following the double L.)

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Except, of course, Lancaster… which a) astutely does NOT follow the anglicized phonetic key on the distribution of syllables and intonation and b) is also not pronounced the way that the city in southeastern PA (its namesake) is.

It is, tragically (?), a city that gets its pronunciation from redneck vernacular English.
 
Louisville is pronounced "LEWIS-ville", unlike the city in Kentucky.

I've heard St. Thomas Aquinas mispronounced a few times. "Aquinas" is pronounced "uh-KWAI-nus".
 
The Dock said:
eh, a lot of the unusual pronunciations stem from some combination of

a) the ancestry/founding (e.g. “ROO-shee”, which traces to the French),

b) improperly-anglicized conventions of European-settled towns (see: “Ver-SAILS”)

c) towns that fit the actual phonetic rule in English pertaining to distribution of consonants (e.g. Massillon, where if there was a second ‘n’ it would have the oft mispronunciation error of an “ON” to overcome it following the double L.)

— — —

Except, of course, Lancaster… which a) astutely does NOT follow the anglicized phonetic key on the distribution of syllables and intonation and b) is also not pronounced the way that the city in southeastern PA (its namesake) is.

It is, tragically (?), a city that gets its pronunciation from redneck vernacular English.
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Oh I learned how Massillon is to be announced when I met someone who was from there and I butchered the pronunciation. Same for Bellfontaine and Celina which I had no idea were pronounced
 
Ursuline (Ur-su-lyn) is sometimes pronounced Ur-su=LINE depending what part of the state we're in. It may be because of Cincinnati Ursuline & Cincinnati St. Ursula (both all-girls). To differentiate between them people in SW Ohio use Ur-su-LINE & Ur-su-LA The announcer at the Ursuline-Kettering Alter basketball state semi-final used this pronunciation. I recall going to the football match up between Moeller and Ursuline in the '80s in Cincinnati and heard Ur-su-LINE from that announcer.
 
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Stirred not Shaken said:
Did not know there was a school by that name. As for the village named Maria Stein, it is Maria (like the girl's name) and not Mar-ia as some outsiders pronounce it.
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I hear it often said Mariah

But let me pose this question, how do you say combine? (the farm equipment)

North of Route 219 it is combine, south of Route 219 it is cum-bine
 
tucson said:
Bellefontaine (bell-fountain)

Wapakoneta (waa-puh-kuh-neh·tuh)

Dalton (DAL-tin, not doll)

Kirtland (often called Kirkland on here, although that might be more autocorrect's fault)
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It seems no one at Fox 8 Cleveland can correctly pronounce Dalton.
 
Can anyone help with "Beloit" as in "Beloit West Branch?" I'm never sure if I am pronouncing it as the folks who live there do.
 
Vienna (Mathews HS, Trumbull County), 1st syllable is pronounced "vie" instead of "vee."

Berlin (Hiland HS, Holmes County), stress is on the 1st syllable, so "BER-lin." The German capital of the same name has more stress on the 2nd syllable, to make it "ber-LIN."
 
Even here in the area both schools are located, there's this weird habits of adding i's where there are none. Arch-i-bold. Fair-i-view. I really don't get it.
 
chs1971 said:
Could be, but I don't think I've ever heard it pronounced that way.
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Something you don't think about until you think about it I guess. I listend to a couple different local news clips, all used two long "o." Toe LEE doe. No "teh" or "tuh" Maybe it'll become a news story, lol If that's the biggest controversy we have, life would be improving.

I'd bet people might even pronounce it differently when it's combined with "Ohio" than not? hmmm
 
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