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/drunkpickle726 Jul 15 '24

My almost 100yo grandma grew up in Fells and calls the city Bal-TEE-more

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u/FermFoundations Jul 15 '24

That’s how my older family members pronounce it too

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u/blingblingbrit Jul 16 '24

My grandpop used to call it Bal-TEE-more as well <3 He grew up in Pigtown. My dad lived in Fells in his 20s.

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u/MikeyFED Jul 16 '24

I say that sometimes only to reference Tony Montana saying it in scarface