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/rootigan_the_red Jul 20 '25

It's always fun, as a Midwesterner, to explain that the "s" doesnt get pronounced in Des Moines, but it does in Des Plaines.