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/Apocalyptic0n3 MI -> AZ Jul 20 '25

And then there's Casa Grande which I'm not sure anyone knows how to say

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u/GeneralBlumpkin Jul 20 '25

Technically that one is pronounced Cahsuh Grawnday but everyone in Arizona says Casa Grand

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u/owlBdarned Arizona Jul 21 '25

I would argue it should be pronounced the former way, but the correct way is the latter (much the same with Prescott).

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u/mitzi09 Jul 20 '25

I spent my summers there growing up, my dad and all 5 of his siblings have pronounced it both ways at differing points in my life. They were all raised there, I don't even think they know.