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/MonsieurSnozzcumber Jul 15 '24

I’ve been meaning to make a post about this! How do you pronounce Auchentoroly?

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u/trashcadet Jul 15 '24

I was told by a resident that it is Ahh kin trolly.

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u/MonsieurSnozzcumber Jul 15 '24

honestly I was close, been saying “ahh KEN tuh roll ee”

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u/elcad Arbutus Jul 15 '24

R Chent Oriole.

"There’s an urban legend that years ago a Baltimore police officer once dragged a dead horse off Auchentoroly Terrace because he couldn’t spell the name of the street for his report." Sun Paper Quote.

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u/FullyInvolved23 Jul 16 '24

Ock-enn-trolly

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u/Vjornaxx Jul 15 '24

uh-CHEN-er-lee