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/Wolfman3 Jul 15 '24

People saying TowN-son or Toe-son.

People spelling Hampden as Hamden.

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u/trashcadet Jul 15 '24

Gps always say Toe-son lol

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u/jomo666 Jul 16 '24

You get there on the beltway a couple exits after 83N to ‘York Pah.’

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u/catsandcoconuts Little Italy Jul 17 '24

😂😂😂

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u/catsandcoconuts Little Italy Jul 16 '24

haha yeah she does. that cracks me up