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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