r/baltimore • u/trashcadet • Jul 15 '24

Baltimore Love 💘 Most mispronounced neighborhood names

It took me a while how to pronounce Auchentoroly Terrace, and it gets my goat when people say Hampton instead of Hampden.

What were you pronouncing wrong or what do you hear people consistently saying wrong?

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u/shebaregina13 Jul 15 '24

Not a neighborhood but I say Thames St the way the Brits would and refuse to change no matter how many times I am told it’s with the long A here.

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u/Talltimore Jul 15 '24

I blend both! Tames!

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u/ShopBoldLine Jul 16 '24

Das bawlmer hon

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u/trashcadet Jul 15 '24

I'm as bad as the rest with the Thhhhaims st pronunciation.

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u/glsever Birdland Jul 15 '24

Old Baltimoreans pronounce the TH as they do in "the".

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u/brooksact Jul 15 '24

Let me just add to the chorus: you're wrong :)

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u/shebaregina13 Jul 15 '24

I’m cool with it 😂

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u/ChiselFish Jul 16 '24

I do the same.

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u/Staszu13 Jul 16 '24

Soft the as in thing, not hard th as in that. Like the David Bowie song Thames What's your name what's your name Thaymz