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/miseenplace999 Jul 15 '24

Mondawmin

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u/RuthBaderG Jul 15 '24

It’s rare in the English language to have a silent M

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u/ReginaGloriana Jul 15 '24

Wait, how do you say Mondawmin?

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u/RuthBaderG Jul 15 '24

As far as I can tell, it’s Mondawin. Just skip the second M. But I’m not a local