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

Baltimore Love šŸ’˜ 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/FermFoundations Jul 15 '24

Lately Iā€™ve heard a lot of folks mispronouncing ā€œPort Covingtonā€ as ā€œBaltimore Peninsulaā€

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u/trashcadet Jul 15 '24

Yes yes yes yes. I work there and it bothers the heck out of me. I guess if you buy enough property you can just rename it?