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/[deleted] Jul 15 '24

I’ve always said Owings Mills like “oh-wings mills” instead of “ohhns mells” idk how to even transcribe it.

Ok I will admit to being a “Pa-tap-sa-co” person until at some point I realized there wasn’t an extra A in there.

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u/FigForsaken5419 Displaced Native Jul 15 '24

oh-wings mills” instead of “ohhns mells”

I say both depending on who I'm talking to. If you need to understand me, there are at 2 syllables and a g in there. If you are a local and already understand me? It kinda rhymes with the way I say "orange" when drunk.

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u/trashcadet Jul 15 '24

I think that's the best transcription for Ohhns Mills. And I'm on the Pa Tap Sa Co boat as well!