How Do You Say It?
We don’t want to make anyone feel bad, but we have to tell you that there are at least a few city names that you’ve been pronouncing wrong all these years. Check out our list to see which ones you’ve been mispronouncing and which ones you’ve been right on the money with. Starting with…
Louisville, Kentucky
You think you know how to pronounce Louisville, Kentucky? Well, unless you’re from there, you’re probably saying it wrong (and we aren’t talking about the Kentucky part). It isn’t Lewis or Louie, and even the “ville” is said more as if there was a “u” in there rather than an “i”. You wanna say it right? It’s pronounced: LOO-uh-vuhl.
Staying in Kentucky…
Auxier, Kentucky
You’d think that knowing the name of the family that this place is named after might help knowing how to pronounce it. But what if we told you that said family used multiple spellings of their name, from “Auxier” to “Axer,” “Oxer,” and “Auxer”.—and pronounce it ”ok-sur”. Although you will hear locals say ”ox-yer” as well.
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Worcester, Massachusetts
As hard to pronounce as Worcestershire Sauce is the town of Worcester, Massachusetts—and both confound many with their dropping of the “r” entirely. So, go with ”WUSS-ter” for the town and “wu-stuh-shr” for the sauce.
Houston Street, New York City
Wait, isn’t the street pronounced the same as the city in Texas? Well, obviously not, or it wouldn’t be on our list, right? So, how do you say the street name? It’s actually ”HOW-stun”—as in: HOW was I supposed to know that? I’m STUNed…