Thursday, February 12, 2015
You Have Been Pronouncing The Names Of These Places Wrong Your Entire Life
It happens to me quite often that people mispronounce the city where I’m from. Last time when this happened I was at my friend’s birthday party. After a couple of drinks a guy who I’ve never met approached me and asked ‘…and by the way, where are you from?’ I told him I’m from Budapest (boo-da-pesht). He immediately responded ‘Oh, that’s awesome! I heard amazing things about Budapest (boo-da-pest)’.
Honestly, what can be worse than pronouncing someone’s home city (or country!) wrong?
In this following list you can check out the 32 most often mispronounced places. How many did you get right?
1. Melbourne, Australia
2. Bangkok, Thailand
3. Beijing, China
4. Colorado
5. Colombia, South America
6. Carnegie Hall, New York
7. Budapest
8. Lafayette, Louisiana
9. Mackinac Bridge, Michigan
10. Iraq
11. Dubai
12. Louisville, Kentucky
13. Brisbane, Australia
14. La Jolla, California
15. Helena, Montana
16. Pakistan
17. Reykjavik, Iceland
18. Niger
19. Kissimmee, Florida
20. Thames River, UK
21. Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
22. Phuket, Thailand
23. Norfolk, Virginia
24. Tijuana
25. Worcestershire, UK
26. Qatar
27. Spokane, Washington
28. Via Dolorosa, Jerusalem
29. Versailles, France
30. Yosemite
31. Worcester, Massachusetts
32. Montreal, Canada
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Posted by: Various Authors
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