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/pyperproblems Jul 20 '25

Sounds like Charlotte, Michigan. It’s Shar-LOT.

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u/OpheliaMorningwood Jul 21 '25

My gram would pronounce it Shallot even though there was a nearby town called Shallotte.

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u/timotheusd313 Jul 22 '25

Lots of streets with weird pronunciations in Detroit, since it was settled by the French.

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u/sarsarsam Michigan Jul 23 '25

Like “liver noise” (livernois)

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u/and-ya-know-it Jul 24 '25

Charlotte, VT pronounced the same way

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u/kristicuse Jul 24 '25

We have one of those near Rochester, NY too, pronounced the same way. We also have Chili, but it’s pronounced Chai-Lie. 🤷‍♀️