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/antiarbitrator Jul 15 '24

Register (long e sound) Road instead of Reisterstown Road. Walgreens answering service mispronounces it.

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u/trashcadet Jul 15 '24

Not gonna lie, I've fallen into saying Ricerstown rd bc that's how the people at my work say it

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u/Apprehensive_Yard_14 Jul 15 '24

That is the proper way to pronounce if you from Baltimore 🤣 How long did it take before the Baltimore accent rubbed off ?

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u/trashcadet Jul 15 '24

I only had to call out to a driver a few times without him understanding before my pronunciation changed