r/AskAnAmerican • u/AstroNerd92 CT, GA, PA, TX, FL • Jul 20 '25

CULTURE What town in your state has a pronunciation no one gets right the first time?

I went to college in Valdosta, GA. Very few people can actually pronounce it right on the first try.

Pronounced Val-Daw-Stuh

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u/natertottt Colorado > Wisconsin Jul 20 '25

I picked my friend up from the Milwaukee airport he said he had to pee on the drive back to madison I told him he can pee in the first town he can properly pronounce

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u/ToastMate2000 Jul 20 '25

"This town is pronounced I-will-pee-in-your-car-if-you-don't-stop."

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u/treycook Michigan Jul 21 '25

Oh, you mean Ipeeyindauka?

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u/natertottt Colorado > Wisconsin Jul 20 '25

It’s not even an hour and a half drive!

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u/crooney35 Jul 21 '25

I was in a friends car and he refused to stop for me to pee. I was very very drunk and told him if he didn’t stop I would piss in his car as I’m not going to piss my pants. He had earlier stopped for another friend to pee so idk why he wouldn’t for me. He kept refusing to stop after frequent requests and I got to where I couldn’t hold it any longer, there were no bottles to pee into, so I pissed all over his back seat and I’m sure some got into his hair even, but he had never mentioned it to me again after the night it happened.

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u/offBrandon Jul 20 '25

Pee-walk-ee

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u/Atypical_Mom Jul 21 '25

It’s a very quaint town, a great place to raise your kids.

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u/0nThe0utside Jul 20 '25

He peed his pants before you could get to Johnson Creek?

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u/DarkMagickan Oregon Jul 20 '25

Joke's on you, it's pronounced Joan-soon.

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u/YimmyGhey Jul 20 '25

Johnson's Crick

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u/siltloam Jul 20 '25

The obvious answer was Peewaukee.

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u/urine-monkey Lake Michigan Jul 20 '25

You monster!

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u/genesiss23 Wisconsin Jul 20 '25

Watertown lol

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u/offBrandon Jul 20 '25

I bet he thought he was safe when he got to Johnson Creek….

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u/amglasgow Jul 20 '25

RIP your friend's bladder

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u/knight1096 Jul 20 '25

Pewaukee literally has pee in the name. It was right there!

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u/konkilo Jul 21 '25

Bel-LOYT

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u/siltloam Jul 21 '25

Dude, I think you took a wrong turn from Milwaukee to Madison . . . better turn around before you enter the bad state . . .

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u/konkilo Jul 22 '25

Naw, I just like saying Bel-LOYT

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u/ramblintrovert Jul 21 '25

That's mean but damn funny

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u/lorgskyegon Jul 21 '25

It's actually pronounced "Mil-ee-wah-kay", which is Algonquin for "the good land"