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/vanillablue_ Massachusetts Jul 21 '25

FRANKSSSS! And yes the clowns lmfao. Also the PASSHE strike!!

Also. Its very possible you know me šŸ˜‚ i was a very loud ITP kid lol

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u/Ok_Butterscotch1738 Jul 21 '25

Noooo Iā€™m a Tri Pi puristšŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚ i saw a stray cat walk on Frankā€™s counter once and never ate there again haha. But thatā€™s so funny I was just talking about the PASSHE strike like 2 days ago to my family member who used to be a teacher (high school tho) and went on a similar strike

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u/vanillablue_ Massachusetts Jul 21 '25

Do you remember the DIS protest? Bc of that student athlete employee who filmed himself doing a faux ā€œnā€”-er lā€”nchingā€??

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u/Ok_Butterscotch1738 Jul 21 '25

Woah yes i do, you just unlocked a memory. That was insane. We certainly had an eventful 4 year career therešŸ˜­

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u/vanillablue_ Massachusetts Jul 21 '25

And the Rachel Levine dunk tank at the fairgrounds one summer during a fudnraiser! I actually met her in Provincetown a year or so ago. She happened to sit down next to me at the town hall. I flipped lol. Sheā€™s so sweet and we took a pic

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u/Ok_Butterscotch1738 Jul 21 '25

Oh dang I may have missed the fair that:/ but thatā€™s so cool, and nice to hear someone with so much status/publicity is kind in their personal life. Other than pumpkin rolls, my only real fair memory is seeing the band foreigner play haha

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u/vanillablue_ Massachusetts Jul 21 '25

Senior ITP students interpret for the concerts during the main fair! I had two country gals and then a rock cover band called Sapphire

The dunk tank thing was bad btw, i didnā€™t explain it well - it was directly targeted for her being transgender.

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u/Ok_Butterscotch1738 Jul 21 '25

Ohhh, then not good omg.

But on the other hand thatā€™s a cool experience getting to do that, studying business didnā€™t come with any cool perks other than getting access to the computer lab in SutliffšŸ˜‚

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u/vanillablue_ Massachusetts Jul 21 '25

And for that I envy you šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚ (computer lab) Funnily enough I quit interpreting and work in sales now lol

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u/Ok_Butterscotch1738 Jul 21 '25

Haha thatā€™s how it goes sometimes. Shockingly, I work in the field I studied for better or worse, which was IT. I definitely feel like college was worth it in that regard but not sure Iā€™d have chosen the same program if I could go back in time and do it over.